{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1950/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1950/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/14/9",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1950",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1950",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to provide for regulating crew accommodation in fishing boats and for amending the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1949, with respect to the engagement and discharge of crews, the review of punishments imposed by naval courts, fishing boats engaged in the Newfoundland cod fisheries, and proceedings in summary courts in Northern Ireland; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.\n[12th July 1950]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Functions of Minister of Transport under this Act now exercisable by Secretary of State by virtue of S.I. 1965/145 art. 2, Sch. 11, 1970/1537, art. 2 and S.I. 1983/1127, art. 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act modified by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111), s. 47(2)(b), (with s. 58(4), Sch. 8 para. 1) and by S.I. 1989/1991, art. 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Act excluded by S.I. 1989/1991, arts. 11–14"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/14/9/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:19:18.115418+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}