# The Merchant Shipping (Ministry of Defence Ships) Order 1989, Article 11: Exceptions and modifications to the Merchant Shipping Acts


Nothing contained in the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1988 providing that an owner of a ship shall be guilty of an offence or shall be subject to any penalty, or providing for the forfeiture, detention, distress or poinding and sale of a ship or of anything on or belonging to a ship, shall, so far as it provides, have any application to a Ministry of Defence ship or anything on or belonging to such a ship.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1991/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ministry-of-defence-ships-order-1989/article-11
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