Article 2

It is hereby directed that, subject to the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order, the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 shall extend to the Cayman Islands as part of the law thereof and shall apply to ships registered there and to masters and seamen employed in them as they apply to ships registered in the United Kingdom and to masters and seamen employed in them and the reference in section 91 of the said Act to the Merchant Shipping Act 1965(^f1) shall be to that Act as extended to the Cayman Islands by the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) (Overseas Territories) Order 1971(^f2).