# The Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (Overseas Territories) Order 1988, Paragraph 44: Other Exceptions, Adaptations and Modifications


In section 97:—
(a) in subsection (1):—
(i) the definition of “enactment” shall be omitted;
(ii) in the definition of “proper officer” after the word “superintendent” there shall be added the words “in the United Kingdom”;
(iii) after the definition of “proper officer” there shall be added the following definition of a “shipping master”:
““shipping master” means an official exercising functions similar to those of a superintendent in the United Kingdom”;
(iv) in the definition of “the Merchant Shipping Acts” the words “the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Act 1970” shall be omitted; and
(b) subsection (7) shall be omitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1086/schedule/1/paragraph/44 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1970-overseas-territories-order-1988/schedule-1/paragraph-44
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