Paragraph 1

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any reference to an enactment shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as a reference to that enactment as it has effect in the Isle of Man.

Any reference to Part II, or to any provision thereof, of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 shall be construed as a reference to any provision contained in, or made under, an Act of Tynwald which has the equivalent effect to that Part or, as the case may be, provision.

Any reference to the Secretary of State shall be construed as a reference to the Department of Highways, Ports and Properties.

For the words “United Kingdom” wherever they occur, except in the expression “Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom” and unless the contrary intention appears from the following provisions of this Schedule, there shall be substituted “Isle of Man”.