# Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993 (repealed 1.1.1996), Paragraph 45

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In section 650 of the 1894 Act (distress on ship for light dues)—
(a) in subsection (1), omit “guns”;
(b) in subsection (2)—
(i) for “three” substitute “ five ”; and
(ii) for “appraised by two sufficient persons or sworn appraisers, and thereupon sell the same” substitute “ independently appraised and thereupon sold by public auction ”; and
(c) at end add—
“(3) This section does not apply to Scotland.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/22/schedule/4/paragraph/45 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-etc-act-1993-repealed-111996/schedule-4/paragraph-45
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