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Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1977

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited in Amendments 30 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1977 c. 24
(1) The provisions of this section shall have effect for the purpose of enabling effect to be given to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea signed in London on 1st November 1974 (in this Act referred to as “the 1974 Convention”) which replaces the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea signed in London on 17th June 1960 (in this Act referred to as “the 1960 Convention”) F2and to the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 signed in London on 17th February 1978F3and to the amendments to the 1974 Convention adopted on 20th November 1981 by the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organisation at its 45th Session.the expression “the Safety Convention”, except where it appears in the preamble, referred to the 1974 Convention F4and to the Protocol of 1978F3and to the amendments adopted on 20th November 1981 by the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organisation at its 45th Session.; andreferences therein to that Act, except in subsections (1) and (4) of section 37 (commencement and citation) , included references to this Act.with the omission in section 1 (which applies the 1949 Act to the 1960 Convention and construes references to that Act as including references to the 1964 Act) of the words from the beginning to “as “the Safety Convention”) ” and paragraph (a) ; andwith the omission of subsections (1) to (3) of section 18 (transitional provisions) ; andas if the expression “the Convention” referred to the 1974 Convention F5and to the Protocol of 1978F6and to the amendments adopted on 20th November 1981 by the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organisation at its 45th Session.section 1(10) of the 1949 Act (construction rules) , andsubsections (1) and (2) of section 2 of the 1964 Act (cargo ship construction and survey rules) , after the words “and machinery of”, in each place where they occur, there shall be inserted the words “and the fuel used in”.(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  • For the purpose of enabling effect to be given to the provisions of Chapter
    • (1) Her Majesty may from time to time by Order in

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