Paragraph 1 General

Any reference to the Merchant Shipping Acts shall be construed as a reference to those Acts as they extend to or apply in Bermuda, including the Bermuda Shipping Act 1979 as amended^f1, and any reference to the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 or to provisions thereof shall be construed as a reference to that Act or to those provisions as it extends or they extend to Bermuda as amended by the said Bermuda Merchant Shipping Act.