Merchant Shipping (Musters) Rules, 1952
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1952/1951 |
| Year | 1952 |
1952 No. 1951
The Merchant Shipping (Musters) Rules, 195211thNovember 1952
13thNovember 1952
19thNovember 1952
The Minister of Transport in exercise of his powers under Section 427 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894(a), as substituted by Section 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1949(b), and of all other powers him enabling in that behalf, hereby makes the following Rules:—
Interpretation and Repeal
1.—(1) These Rules shall come into operation on the 19th day of November, 1952, and may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Musters) Rules, 1952.
(2) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression "muster" includes a boat-drill and a fire-drill.
(3) These Rules apply to—
(a) British ships, except ships registered in Canada, the commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, India, Pakistan, Ceylon, the Republic of Ireland, or in any territory administered by the Government of any of the aforesaid countries;
(b) other ships while they are within any port in the United Kingdom.
Provided that these Rules shall not apply to a ship by reason of her being within a port in the United Kingdom if she would not have been in any such
(a) 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60.
(b) 12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 43.
port but for stress of weather or any other circumstance that neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer (if any) of the ship could have prevented or forestalled.
(4) The Interpretation Act, 1889(a), shall apply to the interpretation of these Rules as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(5) The Merchant Shipping (Musters) Rules, 1948(b), and the Merchant Shipping (Musters) (No. 2) Rules, 1948(c), are hereby revoked.
Classification of Ships
2. For the purposes of these Rules the ships to which these Rules apply shall be arranged in the same classes in which ships are arranged for the purposes of the Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Rules, 1952(d), and any reference in these Rules to a ship of any class shall be construed accordingly.
Muster List
3.—(1) The Master of every ship of Classes I, II, II (A), III, VII, VII (A) and VIII shall prepare a muster list showing in respect of each member of the crew the special duties which are allotted to him and the station to which he shall go in the event of an emergency, including duties and stations applicable for extinguishing fire.
(2) The muster list shall specify definite signals for calling all the crew to their boat...
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