Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Guernsey) Order 1980
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1980/569 |
| Year | 1980 |
1980 No. 569
MERCHANT SHIPPING
The Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Guernsey) Order 198021stApril 1980
29thApril 1980
22ndMay 1980
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 21st day of April 1980
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 15(1), 19(2) and 47(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979(a), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
1. This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Guernsey) Order 1980 and shall come into operation on 22nd May 1980.
2. In this Order and the Schedule hereto, the expression "the Bailiwick" means the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the territorial waters adjacent thereto.
3.—(1) The provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 referred to in paragraph (2) below shall extend to the Bailiwick with such modifications as are specified in the Schedule to this Order.
(2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) above are sections 14, 17, 18, 19(1), 50 and 52 of, and Schedules 3, 4, 5 and Part I of Schedule 7 to, the said Act.
N. E. Leigh, Clerk of the Privy Council.
(a) 1979 c. 39.
SCHEDULE
MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1979 AS EXTENDED TO THE BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY BY THIS ORDER
1. Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 as extended to the Bailiwick by this Order to any other provision of that Act shall be construed as a reference to that provision as extended to the Bailiwick.
2. In section 14:—
(i) in subsection (1), for the words "United Kingdom" there shall be substituted the word "Bailiwick";
(ii) after subsection (5), there shall be inserted the following provision:—
"(5A) An Order in Council made under subsection (4) or (5) above shall have effect in the Bailiwick if registered in the Royal Court and from the date of such registration."; and
(iii) in subsection (7), after the words "the Crown", in both places where they occur, there shall be inserted the words ", the States of Guernsey, the States of Alderney and the Chief Pleas of Sark".
3. In section 17(1), for the words "United Kingdom" there shall be substituted the word "Bailiwick".
4. In section 50:—
(i) after subsection (1), there shall be inserted the following provision:—
"(1A) Nothing in sections 17 and 18 of, or Schedule 4 to, this Act shall apply in relation to any liability arising out of an...
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