http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/6/48Merchant Shipping Act 1906An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1900.1980-01-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2011-05-261996-01-01 Merchant Shipping Act 19061906 c.48An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1900.[21st December 1906]Part I Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578432"/>1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578436"/>3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578437"/>5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578439"/>7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578440"/>9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578441"/>10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578442"/>11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578443"/>12Part II Passenger and Emigrant Ships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578451"/>17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578455"/>23Part III Seamen’s Food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578456"/>25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Part IV Provisions as to Relief and Repatriation of Distressed Seamen, and Seamen left behind Abroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578462"/>28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578469"/>45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49Part V Miscellaneous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578474"/>51. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578475"/>52Amendment of 57 & 58 Vict, c. 60. s. 48.53. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578478"/>54<Addition ChangeId="d30p385" CommentaryRef="c578479"> Secound mate certificates allowed in small foreign-going sailing ships. <CommentaryRef Ref="c578480"/></Addition>56The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section ninety-two of the principal Act (which relates to the certificates of competency to be held by officers of ships):—bIf the ship is of one hundred tons burden or upwards with at least one officer besides the master holding a certificate not lower than that of—imate in the case of a home trade passenger ship;iisecound mate in the case of a foreign-going sailing ship of not more than two hundred tons burden ; andiiionly mate in the case of any other foreign-going ship.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578481"/>57. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578487"/>59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578488"/>64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578489"/>65. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578490"/>66–68. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578491"/>69. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578492"/>70. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578494"/>73. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578495"/>74. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578520"/>81 Amendment of procedure in Scotland.82The principal Act in its application to Scotland, is amended as follows:—1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . every offence referred to in section seven hundred and two of the principal Act may be prosecuted by indictment.4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578525"/>83Part VI Supplemental. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c578528"/>85. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86SCHEDULE 1

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Power to adapt provisions of Act conferred by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), s. 90Functions of Board of Trade now exercisable by Secretary of State by virtue of S.I. 1970/1537, art. 2 and S.I. 1983/1127, art. 2(4)Act amended by S.I. 1983/708, regs. 1(3)(4)(b), 2Act 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. 10Act excluded by S.I. 1989/1991, arts. 11–14S. 1 repealed by Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932 (c. 9), Sch. 4 Pt. IIS. 2 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.Ss. 3, 4 repealed by Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 (c. 43), Sch. 3S. 5 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)S. 6 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.Ss. 7, 8 repealed by Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932 (c. 9), Sch. 4 Pt. IIS. 9 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5S. 10 repealed by Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932 (c. 9), Sch. 4 Pt. IIS. 11 repealed by Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 (c. 43), Sch. 3Ss. 12, 14, 17–20, 23–26, 28–43, 45–48 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5S. 13 repealed (1.6.1995 with effect as mentioned in reg. 1(5) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(b)(5)Ss. 12, 14, 17-20, 23-26, 28-43, 45-48 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5S. 15 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.S. 16 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.Ss. 12, 14, 17–20, 23–26, 28–43, 45–48 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5S. 21 repealed (1.6.1995 with effect as mentioned in reg. 1(5) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(b)(5)S. 22 repealed (1.6.1995 with effect as mentioned in reg. 1(5) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(b)(5)Ss. 12, 14, 17–20, 23–26, 28–43, 45–48 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5Ss. 12, 14, 17–20, 23–26, 28–43, 45–48 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5S. 27 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.Ss. 12, 14, 17–20, 23–26, 28–43, 45–48 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5S. 44 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.Ss. 12, 14, 17–20, 23–26, 28–43, 45–48 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5S. 49 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.S. 50 repealed (21.3.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.I; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(1), Sch.1.S. 51 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111), s. 57(4)(5), Schs. 6, 7, (with s. 58(4), Sch. 8 para. 1)S. 52 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111), ss. 48, 57(5), Schs. 5, 7, (with s. 58(4), Sch. 8 para. 1)S. 53 repealed (21.3.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.I; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(1), Sch.1.Ss. 54, 55 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1965 (c. 47), Sch. 2S. 56 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36, SIF 111), Sch. 5 except to the extent (see S.I. 1981/1186, Sch. Appendix) that section 56 applies in relation to British ships registered outside the United KingdomThe text of s. 56 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.S. 57 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5S. 58 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.Ss. 59–63, 65 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5S. 64 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), s. 101(4), Sch. 5Ss. 59–63, 65 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5SS. 66–68 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), s. 101(4), Sch. 5S. 69 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1984 (c. 5, SIF 111), s. 14(3)(4), Sch. 2Ss. 70, 71 repealed by Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act 1958 (c. 62), Sch.S. 72 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)S. 73 repealed by Pilotage Act 1913 (2 & 3 Geo. 5 c. 31), s. 60, Sch. 2S. 74 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5S. 75 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)S. 76 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)S. 77 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.S. 78 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)S. 79 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)S. 80 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)S. 81 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), s. 101(4), Sch. 5S. 82(1) repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5S. 82(2) repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39), Sch. 7 Pt. IIWords repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)S. 82(4) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)s. 83 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111), s. 57(5), Sch. 7, (with s. 58(4), Sch. 8 para. 1)S. 84 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)Ss. 85, 86(2) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)S. 86 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)Sch. 1 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5Sch. 2 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)