{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1964/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1964/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1964/47",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1964",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to enable effect to be given to an International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea signed in London on 17th June 1960; to amend section 271 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894; and for purposes connected therewith.\n[10th June 1964]",
  "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. 1, 1970/1537, art. 2 and S.I. 1983/1127, art. 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act amended by Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1977 (c. 24), ss. 1(3)(c), 4(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Act extended by S.I. 1981/584, regs. 2–5"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "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": "C5",
      "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/1964/47/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:59:30.106649+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."
}