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  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1995",
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  "text": "Chapter or number\nShort title\nExtent of repeal\n17 & 18 Vict. c.120.\nMerchant Shipping Repeal Act 1854.\nSection 7.\n34 & 35 Vict. c.xxi.\nLloyd’s Act 1871.\nSection 33.\n57 & 58 Vict. c.60.\nMerchant Shipping Act 1894.\nSection 66.\nSection 76.\nSection 82.\nSection 84.\nSections 287 and 288.\nSection 422.\nSection 449.\nSection 458.\nSections 510 to 513.\nSections 515 and 516.\nSections 518 to 525.\nSection 527.\nSections 530 to 537.\nSections 551 to 553.\nSections 555 to 557.\nSections 566 to 568.\nSection 569(2).\nSection 570.\nSection 571.\nSections 634 to 636.\nSections 638 and 639.\nSections 642 to 643A.\nSections 647 to 656.\nSection 657 so far as relating to Northern Ireland.\nSections 658 to 660.\nSections 662 to 662B.\nSection 664.\nSections 666 to 669.\nSections 676 and 677.\nSections 679 to 681.\nSections 683 to 687B.\nSection 688 so far as relating to Scotland.\nction 689.\nSections 691 to 693.\nSections 695 to 697.\nSections 702 and 703.\nSections 710 to 715.\nSections 717 and 718.\nSections 720 to 724.\nSections 726 to 728.\nSections 731 and 732.\nSections 735 and 736.\nSection 738(1) and (2).\nSection 739.\nSections 741 to 743\nSections 745 to 747.\nSchedule 17.\nSchedule 19.\n60 & 61 Vict. c.21.\nMersey Channels Act 1897.\nThe whole Act.\n60 & 61 Vict. c.59.\nMerchant Shipping Act 1897.\nThe whole Act.\n61 & 62 Vict. c.44.\nMerchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act 1898.\nSections 1 and 1A.\nSection 2(3) so far as relating to the Sombrero lighthouse in the Leeward Islands.\nSections 2A and 2B.\nSection 5(1)(2).\nSection 9.\nIn Schedule 3, the entry for the Sombrero lighthouse in the Leeward Islands.\n63 & 64 Vict. c.32.\nMerchant Shipping (Liability of Ship- owners and Others) Act 1900.\nSections 2 to 5.\n6 Edw.7 c.48.\nMerchant Shipping Act 1906.\nSection 72.\nSections 75 and 76.\nSections 78 to 80.\nSections 84 and 86.\n1 & 2 Geo.5 c.57.\nMaritime Conventions Act 1911.\nSections 1 to 3 and 4(2).\nSections 5 to 10.\n9 & 10 Geo.5 c.62.\nBritish Mercantile Marine Uniform Act 1919.\nThe whole Act.\n9 & 10 Geo.5 c.92.\nAliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919.\nSection 5.\n10 & 11 Geo.5 c.2.\nMerchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 1920.\nThe whole Act.\n10 & 11 Geo.5 c.39.\nMerchant Shipping (Scottish Fishing Boats) Act 1920.\nThe whole Act.\n11 & 12 Geo.5 c.28.\nMerchant Shipping Act 1921.\nSections 2 to 4.\n22 & 23 Geo.5 c.4.\nStatute of Westminster 1931.\nSection 5\n22 & 23 Geo.5 c.9.\nMerchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932.\nSection 5(2) and (3).\nSection 8.\nSection 24.\nSection 62(1) and (3).\nSection 69.\nSections 73 and 74.\nSchedule 1.\n2 & 3 Geo.6 c.83.\nPensions (Navy, Army, Air Force and Mercantile Marine) Act 1939.\nSection 6(3).\n11 & 12 Geo.6 c.7.\nCeylon Independence Act 1947.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 3.\n11 & 12 Geo.6 c.44\nCrown Proceedings Act 1947\nSections 5 to 8. Section 30.\n11 & 12 Geo.6 c.44.\nMerchant Shipping Act 1948.\nSection 5.\n12, 13 & 14 Geo.6 c.29.\nConsular Conventions Act 1949.\nSection 5(2).\n12, 13 & 14 Geo.6 c.43.\nMerchant Shipping (Safety Conventions) Act 1949.\nSection 22.\nSection 25.\nSection 32.\nSection 34.\nSection 35(1).\nSections 36 (so far as unrepealed) and 37.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 1.\n14 Geo.6 c.9.\nMerchant Shipping Act 1950.\nSections 7 and 8.\n14 Geo.6 c.27.\nArbitration Act 1950.\nIn section 29, subsection (1) and in subsection (2) the words preceding “an arbitration”.\n4 & 5 Eliz.2 c.46.\nAdministration of Justice Act 1956.\nIn section 47(2)(n) the words from “(including” to “way of wages)”.\nSection 49(1).\nIn Part I of Schedule 1, in paragraph 1(1)(j), from the beginning to “cases” and, in paragraph 1(3), the words “sections five hundred and forty-four to five hundred and forty-six of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, or”.\n5 & 6 Eliz.2 c.6.\nGhana Independence Act 1957.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 4.\nIn Schedule 2, paragraphs 7 and 8.\n5 & 6 Eliz.2 c.60.\nFederation of Malaya Independence Act 1957.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraphs 9 and 10.\n8 & 9 Eliz.2 c.52.\nCyprus Act 1960.\nIn the Schedule, paragraph 10.\n8 & 9 Eliz.2 c.55.\nNigeria Independence Act 1960.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 4.\nIn Schedule 2, paragraphs 7 and 8.\n9 & 10 Eliz.2 c.1.\nTanganyika Independence Act 1961.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 4.\nIn Schedule 2, paragraphs 7 and 8.\n9 & 10 Eliz.2 c.16\nSierre Leone Independence Act 1961.\nIn Schedule 2, paragraph 4.\nIn Schedule 3, paragraphs 8 and 9.\n10 & 11 Eliz.2 c.23.\nSouth Africa Act 1962.\nIn Schedule 3, paragraph 6.\n10 & 11 Eliz.2 c.30.\nNorthern Ireland Act 1962.\nSection 25(1)(a).\n10 & 11 Eliz.2 c.40.\nJamaica Independence Act 1962.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 4.\nIn Schedule 2, paragraphs 7 and 8.\n10 & 11 Eliz.2 c.54\nTrinidad and Tobago Independence Act 1962.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 4.\nIn Schedule 3, paragraphs 7 and 8.\n10 & 11 Eliz.2 c.57.\nUganda Independence Act 1962.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 4.\nIn Schedule 2, paragraphs 7 and 8.\n1963 c.54.\nKenya Independence Act 1963.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 4.\nIn Schedule 2, paragraphs 7 and 8.\n1963 c.55.\nZanzibar Act 1963.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 8.\n1964 c.26.\nLicensing Act 1964.\nSection 158.\n1964 c.40.\nHarbours Act 1964.\nSection 29(2) and (3).\nSection 30(2).\nIn section 30(3) the words from “and no charge” to the end.\nSection 35.\n1964 c.46.\nMalawi Independence Act 1964.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 4(a).\nIn Schedule 2, paragraphs 7 and 8.\n1964 c.47.\nMerchant Shipping Act 1964.\nSection 9 so far as unrepealed.\nSection 11.\nSection 16.\nSections 19 and 20.\n1964 c.86.\nMalta Independence Act 1964.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 4(a).\nIn Schedule 2, paragraphs 7 and 8.\n1964 c.93.\nGambia Independence Act 1964.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 4(a).\nIn Schedule 2, paragraphs 7 and 8.\n1965 c.32.\nAdministration of Estates (Small Payments) Act 1965.\nSection 6(1)(c).\n1965 c.47.\nMerchant Shipping Act 1965.\nThe whole Act so far as unrepealed.\n1966 c.14.\nGuyana Independence Act 1966.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 4(a).\nIn Schedule 2, paragraphs 7 and 8.\n1966 c.29.\nSingapore Act 1966.\nIn the Schedule, paragraphs 10 and 11.\n1966 c.37.\nBarbados Independence Act 1966.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 4(a).\nIn Schedule 2, paragraphs 7 and 8.\n1967 c.27.\nMerchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1967.\nSections 1 to 25.\nSection 27(1), (3) and (5).\nSections 30 to 34.\nSchedules 1 and 2.\n1968 c.8.\nMauritius Independence Act 1968.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 4(a).\nIn Schedule 2, paragraphs 7 and 8.\n1969 c.48.\nPost Office Act 1969.\nIn section 3, in subsection (1) the words from “and the first reference” to “to navigation)” and, in subsection (6) the words from “and section 36” to the end.\n1970 c.27.\nFishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Act 1970.\nSection 1.\nSection 2(1).\nSections 3 to 5.\nSection 7.\nSections 9 to 11.\n1970 c.36.\nMerchant Shipping Act 1970.\nSections 1 to 5.\nSections 7 to 18.\nSection 20.\nSection 22.\nSections 25 to 28.\nSection 30.\nSections 32 and 33.\nSections 39 to 41.\nSections 43 to 54.\nSections 56 to 64.\nSections 67 to 72.\nSections 74 to 83.\nSection 85.\nSection 86.\nSection 88.\nSection 91.\nSections 95 to 101.\nSchedules 1 to 5.\n1970 c.50.\nFiji Independence Act 1970.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 4(a).\nIn Schedule 2, paragraph 6.\n1971 c.59.\nMerchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971.\nThe whole Act.\n1971 c.60.\nPrevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971.\nSection 2(2A) and (2B).\nSection 5.\nSection 6(1)(a).\nSection 7.\nSection 8(2)\nSection 10.\nIn section 11, in subsection (1), paragraphs (a) and (b) and the words “the owner or master of the vessel, or” and “, as the case may be,” and subsection (2).\nSections 12 to 17.\nSection 18(4).\nSection 19(2)(b) and (c).\nSection 19A.\nSection 20.\nSection 21.\nSection 23 so far as it relates to vessels.\nSection 24.\nSection 25(2) and (3).\nSection 27(4).\nIn section 29(1) the definitions of—\n“barge”; and\n“outside the territorial waters of the United Kingdom”; and\nsubsections (2), (4), (5) and (6).\nSection 30(1) and (2).\n1972 c.5 (N.I.).\nWater Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.\nSection 32(3).\n1972 c.11.\nSuperannuation Act 1972.\nSection 17.\n1973 c.27.\nBahamas Independence Act 1973.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 4(a).\nIn Schedule 2, paragraph 5.\n1973 c.49.\nBangladesh Act 1973.\nIn the Schedule, paragraph 6.\n1974 c.43.\nMerchant Shipping Act 1974.\nSections 1 to 8A.\nSections 16 to 18.\nSection 19(1) and (3) to (6).\nSection 21.\nSections 23 and 24.\nSchedules 1 and 5.\n1976 c.19.\nSeychelles Act 1976.\nIn the Schedule, paragraph 6.\n1978 c.15.\nSolomon Islands Act 1978.\nIn the Schedule, paragraph 4.\n1978 c.20.\nTuvalu Act 1978.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 4(a).\nIn Schedule 2, paragraph 4.\n1979 c.27.\nKiribati Act 1979.\nIn the Schedule, paragraph 5.\n1979 c.39.\nMerchant Shipping Act 1979.\nSections 14 to 39.\nSections 41 to 43.\nSection 45.\nSections 48 to 52.\nSchedules 3 to 7.\n1980 c.2.\nPapua New Guinea, Western Samoa and Nauru (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1980.\nIn the Schedule, paragraphs 4 and 5.\n1980 c.16.\nNew Hebrides Act 1980.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 5.\n1981 c.10.\nMerchant Shipping Act 1981.\nThe whole Act.\n1981 c.52.\nBelize Act 1981.\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 4(a).\nIn Schedule 2, paragraph 4.\n1981 c.54.\nSenior Courts Act 1981.\nIn section 153(4)(d), the words from “section 13(1)” to “1974”.\nIn Schedule 5, the entries relating to the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 and the Merchant Shipping Act 1974.\nS.I. 1981/226 (NI 6).\nJudgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.\nIn Schedule 2, paragraph 17.\nS.I. 1981/1675 (NI 26).\nMagistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.\nIn Part I of Schedule 6, paragraphs 18 and 19.\n1982 c.16.\nCivil Aviation Act 1982.\nSection 97(1).\n1982 c.27.\nCivil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982.\nIn section 32(4)(a) the words “section 13(3) of the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971”.\n1982 c.48.\nCriminal Justice Act 1982.\nSection 49.\nSection 81(13).\nIn Schedule 7, paragraph 1.\nIn Schedule 14, paragraph 2.\nIn Schedule 15, paragraphs 3 to 5.\n1984 c.5.\nMerchant Shipping Act 1984.\nSections 1 to 12.\nSection 14.\nSchedule 1.\nSchedule 2.\n1984 c.28.\nCounty Courts Act 1984.\nSection 27(11).\n1985 c.3.\nBrunei and Maldives Act 1985.\nIn the Schedule, paragraph 1.\n1985 c.22.\nDangerous Vessels Act 1985.\nSection 4.\n1986 c.2.\nAustralia Act 1986.\nSection 4.\n1986 c.6.\nPrevention of Oil Pollution Act 1986.\nThe whole Act.\n1986 c.23.\nSafety at Sea Act 1986.\nSections 7 to 13.\nSection 15.\n1986 c.64.\nPublic Order Act 1986.\nIn section 10(1), the words “and in section 515 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894”.\nS.I. 1986/1035 (NI 9).\nCompanies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.\nIn Part II of Schedule 1, the entries relating to the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 and the Merchant Shipping Act 1974.\n1988 c.12.\nMerchant Shipping Act 1988.\nSection 11.\nSections 26 to 35.\nSections 41 to 49.\nSection 52.\nSections 53 and 55 except for purposes of section 37.\nSection 57(1) and (3) to (5) In Schedule 1, paragraph 48.\nSchedule 4.\nSchedules 5 to 8.\nS.I. 1989/1339 (NI 11).\nLimitation (Northern Ireland) Order 1989.\nIn Schedule 3, paragraph 11.\n1990 c.31.\nAviation and Maritime Security Act 1990.\nIn section 51(2), the words “section 94 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970”.\nIn Schedule 3, paragraph 2.\n1990 c.41.\nCourts and Legal Services Act 1990.\nIn Schedule 10, paragraph 55.\n1990 c.43.\nEnvironmental Protection Act 1990\nSection 148.\nSchedule 14 except so far as the amendments relate to offences under section 2(1) of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971.\n1991 c.52.\nPorts Act 1991.\nSections 31 to 34.\nSection 36(2)(c).\nIn section 41, in subsection (1) the words “31 to” and “36(2)(c)” and subsection (2).\nSection 42(2).\nS.I. 1991/1219 (NI 10).\nDangerous Vessels (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.\nArticle 6.\n1993 c.8.\nJudicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993.\nIn Schedule 6, paragraph 59.\n1993 c.22.\nMerchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993.\nThe whole Act.\n1994 c.28.\nMerchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 1994.\nThe whole Act.\n1994 c.39.\nThe Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.\nIn Schedule 13, paragraph 7.\nNotes. The repeals of sections 5 to 7, 29(2) and 30(1) of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 do not apply so far as those provisions relate to sections 2(1) and (3) of that Act.\nThe repeals in the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 apply in relation to Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland as they apply in relation to Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.",
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      "text": "Words in Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)"
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      "text": "Sch. 12 partly in force: Sch. 12 in force at 1.1.1996 (see s. 316(2)) except as mentioned in s. 314(1)(3), Sch. 14 para. 5"
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