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This Order extends to the Isle of Man certain provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts 1983 and 1984. The provisions extended are principally, as regards the 1983 Act, those concerned with setting up a special register for small ships and, as regards the 1984 Act, those amending certain other enactments relating to ascertainment of tonnage.