Paragraph 23 Other Modifications

In section 57:

(a)

in subsection (2) as it relates to the definition of “relevant overseas territory” for the words “any colony”, there shall be substituted the words “any other colony of the United Kingdom”, and the definition of “the Merchant Shipping Acts” and of “modifications” shall be omitted;

(b)

subsection (3) shall be omitted;

(c)

for subsection (4) there shall be substituted the following provision:–

“(4)

The Merchant Shipping Act 1894 shall have effect subject to the minor and consequential amendments specified in Schedule 6;” and

(d)

for subsection (5) there shall be substituted the following provision:–

“(5)

The Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 and 1974 and the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of Schedule 7.”