Safety at Sea Act 1986
Part I Safety of Fishing Vessels
The vessel’s equipment
1 Emergency position indicating radio beacon.
2 Automatic release life rafts.
3 Lifejackets.
4 Power to prescribe further requirements.
5 Enforcement
6 Offences.
The skipper and crew
7 Training in safety matters.
Supplementary provisions
8 Exemptions.
9 Regulations.
Part II Miscellaneous and General
Miscellaneous
10 Drunkenness, &c., of skipper of fishing vessel.
11 Extension of power to make safety regulations.
General
12 Expenses.
13 Interpretation.
14 Power to extend provisions to other territories and vessels.
15 Short title, citation, commencement and extent.

Safety at Sea Act 1986

1986 c. 23

An Act to promote the safety of fishing and other vessels at sea and the persons in them; and for related purposes.

C1C2Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Act modified by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111), s. 47(2)(b), (with s. 58(4), Sch. 8 para. 1) and by S.I. 1989/1991, art. 10