This act may be cited as the merchant shipping act. Merchant shipping act 2001 government of the virgin islands. Registration of merchant ships the national archives. A ship shall not be deemed to be a british ship unless owned wholly by persons of the following description in this act referred to as persons.
England, extracts from the merchant shipping acts uio. Referred to in the merchant shipping act 1894, where bound. The merchant shipping act, 1958 44 of 1958 16737 30th october, 1958 an act to foster the development and ensure the efficient maintenance of an indian mercantile marine in a manner best suited to serve the national interests and for that purpose to establish a national shipping board to provide for the registration, certification, safety and security of indian ships. Kodi archive and support file vintage software community software apk msdos cdrom software cdrom software library console living room software sites tucows software library shareware cdroms software capsules compilation cdrom images zx spectrum doom level cd. Form f certificate as to marriage in extremis section 182 we the undersigned parties, witnesses and marriage officer do hereby. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the changes to legislation area. Title 26 laws of bermuda item 24 1989 revision 21 signature marriage officer. Aggregate number of super ficial feet in the several compartments set apart for steerage passengers. Merchant shipping act 2001 government of the british. It appears your web browser is not configured to display pdf files. Introduced in 1906 by david lloyd george, then president of the board of trade, the merchant shipping act established regulations covering the standards of food and accommodation on british registered ships. Transmission of documents to registrar by superintendents.
The merchant shipping act 1995 is an act of parliament passed in the united kingdom in 1995. Power of colonial legislature to alter provisions of act. Be it enacted by parliament in the ninth year of the republic of india as follows. The act provides a significant updating of existing merchant shipping legislation, particularly the merchant shipping act 1894. Provisional certificate for ships becoming britishowned abroad. I of the merchant shipping act 1894 of the united kingdom. Entitlement of ship to be registered under this act 6. The shipping law in the uk and registration of fishing boats was changed dramatically by the merchant shipping act 1988. Temporary passes in lieu of certificates of registry. Property of seamen discharged from royal navy reimbursement of. Distressed seamen 190 regulations as to relief and maintenance of distressed seamen. Regulation of coasting trade by clonial legislature.
An act to consolidate enactments relating to merchant shipping. Power of colonial legislatures to alter provisions of act. Merchant shipping act with its variations is a stock short title used in malaysia and the united kingdom for legislation relating to merchant shipping merchant shipping acts and regulations also exist as well in other countries, and they are sometimes referred to as merchant shipping act such as in malta, india, singapore, kenya and south africa. Despite the previous merchant shipping act 1894 legislation allowing foreign nationals to register vessels in the uk, this new act created a new qualified person requirement. Production of certificate and documents of qualification.
Merchant shipping act 57 of 1951 south african government. Merchant shipping act, 1894, therefore, applied to india ipso facto. Interpretation part ii registration of ships registration 3. It was part of a number of acts introduced by david lloyd george, and later winston churchill, as president of the board of trade, to improve conditions for workers. The merchant shipping act 1894 required every fishing boat to. The merchant shipping act, 1894 computer file, 1895.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Download adobe acrobat or click here to download the pdf file. Amended, except as to any part of her majestys dominions out of the united kingdom, by statute law revision act, 1908. Qualification for owning british ships qualification for owning british ship.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Total number of statute adults, exclusive of master, crew, and cabin passen gers, which the ship can legally carry. Application by order in council of provisions of merchant shipping acts to foreign ships. The governor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 77 of the merchant shipping applicable conventions law 1987 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations. Transcripts and transactions relating to fishing boats are in bt 110 from 1895. Part i safety 21 december 1906 repealed by merchant shipping safety and load line conventions act, 1932, s. The board of trade may make regulations with respect to the relief, maintenance, and sending home of seamen and apprentices found in distress abroad, and may, by those regulations in this act referred to as the distressed seamen regulations make such conditions as they think fit with. Merchant shipping act 1894 57 and 58 vic c 60 act legislation. Ports in the relevant british possessions use the merchant. Consolidates merchant shipping acts 1894 to 1994 and other enactments related to merchant shipping. Power of superintendent to require production of ships. Merchant shipping act, 1894 to 1970, of the united.
The result for the longsuffering reader of such legislation is yet another set of messy changes which have to be fitted into the existing jumble of provisions, many of which have already been heavily amended. An act to consolidate the laws relating to merchant shipping and to make provision for other matters connected therewith. On the registry of a ship the registrar shall retain in his possession the following documents. Regulation of coasting trade by colonial legislature. Act online office of public sector information, government of the united kingdom doc. It is for this reason that the said act has been described as an imperial statute. Superintendence of merchant shipping by board of trade. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Application of act to foreign ships by order in council. Act, 1894, and that act and the merchant shipping act, 1897, the merchant shipping exemption from pilotage act, 1897, and this act may be cited together as the merchant shipping acts, 1894 to 1898.
Annual returns were made from each port and are in record series bt 145. Act 1993, which came into force on 21 march 1994 and which repealed in the united kingdom the relevant sections of the merchant shipping act 1894 and the act of 1988 in so far as it related to registration. It consolidated much of the uks maritime legislation, repealing several acts in their entirety and provisions in many more, some dating back to the midnineteenth century. Total number of statute adults, exclusive of mas ter, crew, and cabin passengers, which the ship can legally carry.