Merchant_Shipping_Act

Merchant Shipping Act

Merchant Shipping Act

United Kingdom legislation

Merchant Shipping Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used in Malaysia and the United Kingdom for legislation relating to merchant shipping.

Merchant shipping acts and regulations also exist as well in other countries, and they are sometimes referred to as "Merchant Shipping Act" such as in Malta, India, Singapore, Kenya and South Africa. Each country has its specific rules regarding merchant shipping.

List

Malaysia

  • The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1994

United Kingdom

Merchant Shipping Act 1894

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The Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60) consolidated a large number of previous merchant shipping laws into a single, large act.

Laws it repealed included:

  • Foreign Deserters Act 1852
  • Passengers Act Amendment Act 1853
  • Merchant Shipping Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 104)
  • Merchant Shipping Act 1855
  • Passengers Act 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 104)
  • Seamen's Savings Bank Act 1856
  • Australian Passengers Act 1861
  • Merchant Shipping Amendment Act 1862
  • Passengers Act Amendment Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 51)
  • Colonial Shipping Act 1868
  • Merchant Shipping (Colonial) Act 1869
  • Passengers Act (Amendment) Act 1870
  • Merchant Shipping Act 1871
  • Merchant Shipping Act 1873
  • Local Light Dues Reduction Act 1876
  • Merchant Shipping Act 1876
  • Removal of Wreck Act 1877
  • Shipping Casualties Investigation Act 1879
  • Merchant Shipping Act (1854) Amendment Act 1880
  • Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Grain) Act 1880
  • Merchant Shipping (Colonial Inquiries) Act 1882
  • Merchant Shipping (Fishing Boats) Act 1883
  • Merchant Shipping (Fishing Boats) Act, 1887
  • Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous) Act 1887
  • Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Act 1888
  • Removal of Wreck Act, 1877, Amendment Act 1889
  • Passenger Acts Amendment Act 1889
  • Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Act 1889
  • Merchant Shipping Act 1889
  • Merchant Shipping (Pilotage) Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 68)
  • Merchant Shipping (Colours) Act 1889
  • Merchant Shipping Act 1890
  • Merchant Shipping Act 1892

Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act 1900

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The Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. 32) introduced new rules relating to the liability of shipowners and the liability of harbour conservation authorities. The section on liability of shipowners was superseded by the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act 1958, but the other sections remain in force.

"The Merchant Shipping Acts"

Each Merchant Shipping Act defines a collective title beginning "Merchant Shipping Acts", including itself and other acts whose short titles include "Merchant Shipping"; for example "The Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1994". The earliest act included is always the Merchant Shipping Act 1894.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Merchant Shipping Act 1979 as originally enacted
  2. [2]
    This short title is assigned by section 747 of this act.
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