Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 (Guernsey) Order 1975
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1975/2185 |
| Year | 1975 |
1975 No. 2185
MERCHANT SHIPPING
The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 (Guernsey) Order 197519thDecember 1975
6thJanuary 1976
1stFebruary 1976
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of December 1975
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 18(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 (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 (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 (Guernsey) Order 1975 and shall come into operation on 1st February 1976.
2.—(1) In this Order "Guernsey" means the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the territorial waters adjacent thereto.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(b) shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3. The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 shall extend to Guernsey subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order.
N. E. Leigh
(a) 1971 c. 59.
(b) 1889 c. 63.
SCHEDULE
EXCEPTIONS, ADAPTATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS IN THE EXTENSION OF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (OIL POLLUTION) ACT 1971 TO GUERNSEY
1. Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 or to any other enactment shall be to that enactment as it has effect in Guernsey.
2. Unless the context otherwise requires, for any reference to the United Kingdom there shall be substituted a reference to Guernsey.
3. Section 1(5) shall be omitted.
4. In section 4(2) for paragraph (d) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
"(d) if the tonnage of the ship cannot be ascertained in accordance with the preceding paragraphs, the court may accept as evidence a certificate given at the court's request by the Chief Ship Surveyor of the Department of Trade certifying what, on the evidence specified in the request, would in his opinion, be the tonnage of the ship if ascertained in accordance with those paragraphs and the tonnage stated in the certificate shall be taken to be the tonnage of the ship.".
5. In section 4(4) the words "made by statutory instrument" shall be omitted.
6. In section 4(5) the words "(or in Scotland consigned in court)" shall be omitted.
7. In section 5(6) for the words "of any country outside the United Kingdom" there shall be substituted the words "outside...
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