Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order further amends the Merchant Shipping (Load Lines)(Exemption) Order 1968 to clarify the limits to which ships carrying notmore than 12 persons may proceed to sea, with respect to the distancefrom the point of departure, when being exempted, in accordance with theabove Order, from the provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Load Lines)Act 1967.