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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1988-commencement-no-1-order-1988/schedule",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1010",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1988-commencement-no-1-order-1988",
  "path": "schedule",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 4TH JULY1988",
  "text": "Provisions of the Act\nSubject matter of provisions\nSection 11\nCategorisation of dependent territory registries\nSection 26\nAssistance for training\nSection 27\nAssistance for crew relief costs\nSections 28 and 29\nMerchant Navy Reserve\nSection 30\nOwner and master liable in respect of dangerously unsafe ship\nSection 31\nOwner liable for unsafe operation of ships\nSection 32\nConduct endangering ship, structures or individuals\nSection 33\nMarine Accident Investigation Branch\nSection 35\nShip to ship transfers\nSection 36\nAmendments of Coast Protection Act 1949 relating to safety of navigation\nSection 37\nLicensing of tidal works by harbour authorities\nSection 38\nPowers to take retaliatory action\nSections 39 and 40\nRestrictions on access to UK cabotage\nSections 41 to 43\nFinancing and administration of lighthouse service\nSections 44 and 45\nInquiries\nSection 46\nPayment of seamen’s wages\nSection 47\nApplication of Merchant Shipping Acts to ships chartered by the Crown\nSection 48 so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 5 set out below in this Schedule\nMiscellaneous amendments of the Merchant Shipping Acts\nSection 49\nApplication to hovercraft\nSection 50\nApplication to unregistered ships\nSection 51\nOffences by bodies corporate\nSection 53\nRegulations\nSection 55\nFinancial provisions\nSection 56\nExtension of Act to overseas territories\nIn section 57, subsections (1), (2) (3) and (4) so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 6 set out below in this Schedule and subsection (5) so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 7 set out below in this Schedule\nInterpretation, minor and consquential amendments and repeals\nIn sections 58 subsections (1), (2), (3) and (5) and subsection (4) so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 8 set out below in this Schedule\nCitation, commencement, transitional provisions and extent\nSchedule 5 except for:\n(i) paragraph 4 of the entry for Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (amendment to s.634(1)(a))\n(ii) entry for Merchant Shipping Act 1906 (omission of s.52)\n(iii) paragraph 7 of the entry for the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (omission of section 89).\nMiscellaneous amendments to the Merchant Shipping Acts\nIn Schedule 6:—\nMinor and consequential amendments to or in respect of:\nParagraph 1 of the entry for the Merchant Shipping Act 1894\nPower to detain unsafe ships\nParagraph 2 of the entry for the Merchant Shipping Act 1894\nApplication to foreign ships of provisions as to detention\nParagraph 3 of the entry for the Merchant Shipping Act 1894\nEnforcing detention of ship\nThe entry for the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 1920\nAmendment of section 659 of the 1894 Act\nThe entry for the Merchant Shipping Act 1965\nTonnage regulations\nParagraph 1 of the entry for the Merchant Shipping Act 1970\nDefence of drug taken for medical purposes\nParagraph 2 of the entry for the Merchant Shipping Act 1970\nFormal investigation into shipping casualty\nParagraph 3 of the entry for the Merchant Shipping Act 1970\nRules as to inquiries etc.\nParagraph 4 of the entry for the Merchant Shipping Act 1970\nApplication of sections 62 to 66 to Masters\nSub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 5 of the entry for the Merchant Shipping Act 1970\nSection 95 (fishing vessels)\nParagraph 1 of the entry for the Merchant Shipping Act 1979\nPrevention of pollution from ships etc\nParagraph 2 of the entry for the Merchant Shipping Act 1979\nSupplementary provisions about inspectors\nParagraph 3 of the entry for the Merchant Shipping Act 1979\nPower to extend Act to certain countries, etc\nParagraph 4 of the entry for the Merchant Shipping Act 1979\nMiscellaneous penalties on summary conviction\nThe entry for the Supreme Court Act 1981\nAdmiralty jurisdiction of High Court\nParagraph 2 of the entry for the Merchant Shipping Act 1983\nSmall ships: amendments of Merchant Shipping Acts\nThe entry for the Merchant Shipping Act 1984\nStatutory provisions which are relevant for the purpose of serving notices in connection with safety and other matters\nSchedule 7, so far as it relates to the repeals set out in the Appendix to this Schedule\nEnactments repealed\nIn Schedule 8, paragraphs 1 and 3\nTransitional provisions and savings",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1949 c. 74."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1920 c. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1965 c. 47."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1981 c. 54."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1984 c. 5."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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