# Merchant Shipping Act 1974, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act to make further provision concerning oil pollution by ships and related matters; to give power to protect shipping and trading interests against foreign action concerning or affecting carriage of goods by sea; to make provision relating to the operation of submersible apparatus; to alter the constitution of the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses; and to amend certain provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 relating to offences committed by seamen.
[31st July 1974]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/43/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1974/introduction
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