# Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993 (repealed 1.1.1996), Paragraph 74

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

In any offence-creating provision of the Merchant Shipping Acts—
(a) any reference to doing a thing “wilfully” shall be construed as a reference to doing it “intentionally”;
(b) any reference to “suffering” or “allowing” a thing to be done shall be construed as a reference to “permitting” it to be done; and
(c) any reference to the absence of a reasonable “cause” shall be construed as a reference to the absence of a reasonable “excuse”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/22/schedule/4/paragraph/74 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-etc-act-1993-repealed-111996/schedule-4/paragraph-74
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