Merchant Shipping Act 1995

295 Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen.U.K.

(1)There shall continue to be an officer known as the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen.

(2)The Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen shall be appointed, and may be removed, by the Secretary of State.

(3)The Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen shall exercise such functions as are conferred on him by this Act and keep such records and perform such other duties as the Secretary of State may direct.

(4)The Secretary of State may appoint and remove persons to perform on behalf of the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen such of his functions as the Secretary of State or the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen may direct.

(5)Subsection (4) above does not apply in relation to the functions of the Registrar General of Shipping and Seaman as registrar under Part II.