Merchant Shipping (Modification of Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 and Merchant Shipping Act 1964) Regulations 1980
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1980/539 |
1980 No. 539
MERCHANT SHIPPING
The Merchant Shipping (Modification of Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 and Merchant Shipping Act 1964) Regulations 198017thApril 1980
2ndMay 1980
25thMay 1980
The Secretary of State in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 22(3)(a) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979(a) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Modification of Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 and Merchant Shipping Act 1964) Regulations 1980 and shall come into operation on 25th May 1980.
2. The Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949(b) shall be modified by making the modifications set out in column 2 of Scheule 1 hereto in the sections of that Act specified in column 1 of the said Schedule in relation thereto.
3. The Merchant Shipping Act 1964(c) shall be modified by making the modifications set out in column 2 of Schedule 2 hereto in the sections of that Act specified in column 1 of the said Schedule in relation thereto.
Norman Tebbit, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade.
17th April 1980.
(a) 1979 c. 39.
(b) 1949 c. 43, as amended by section 85 of and Schedule 1 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36) and section 1 (2) of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1977 (c. 24).
(c) 1964 c. 47, as amended by section 1(3) of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1977.
(See Regulation 2)
SCHEDULE 1
MODIFICATION OF MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY CONVENTION) ACT 1949
(1) (2)
Section Modification
3(1) Delete "(in this Act called "radio rules")"
3(3) For "Radio rules" substitute "Rules made under this
section"
3(4), (5) &(6) For 'radio rules" in each case substitute "rules made
under this section"
5(1) Delete"(in this Act called "rules for direction-finders")"
36(1) (a) For the definition of "Radio rules substitute—
""Radio rules" means—
(i) in relation to United Kingdom ships to
which the Merchant Shipping(Radio Installations)Regulations 1980(a) apply
and other Safety Convention ships to which
those Regulations apply while they are in
the United Kingdom or the territorial waters
thereof, those Regulations; and
(ii) in relation to other ships, rules made under
section 3 of this Act;";
(b) For the definition of "Rules for direction-finders"
substitute—
" "Rules for direction-finders" means—
(i) in relation to United Kingdom ships...To continue reading
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