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The Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1997

S.I. 1997/1539 · Made 19 June 1997

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MERCHANT SHIPPING

Made 19th June 1997

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31(3) of the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997f1, hereby makes the following Order:—

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Footnotes

f1

1997 c. 28.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 17TH JULY 1997
  5. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1997.

2

The provisions of the Act specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to the matters specified in the second column of that Schedule) shall come into force on 17th July 1997.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Glenda Jackson

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

19th June 1997

PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 17TH JULY 1997

Provisions of the ActSubject matter of provision
Section 2Powers of intervention where shipping accident threatens pollution
Section 3Powers of intervention in cases of pollution by substances other than oil
Section 4Powers of fire authorities
Section 6Indemnities in connection with counter-pollution measures
Section 7Increased penalty for causing pollution, etc.
Section 14Carriage of hazardous and noxious substances
Section 15Limitation of liability
Section 17Financial assistance for training
Section 18Discharge books
Section 19Powers of general lighthouse authorities
Section 20Disclosure of information to general lighthouse authorities
Section 21Certain duties not to apply to RNLI
Section 22Disposal of unclaimed wreck
Section 23Retention of documents by Registrar General
Section 25Amendments of Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990
Section 26Piracy
Section 27Application of section 1 of International Organisations Act 1968 to International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund
Section 29Minor and consequential amendments, etc.
Schedule 3Provisions to be inserted as Schedule 5A to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995
Schedule 4Amendments of Part III of Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990
Schedule 5Provisions of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to be treated as part of the law of nations
Schedule 6 so far as it is not already in forceMinor and consequential amendments
Schedule 7 so far as it is not already in in forceRepeals and Revocations

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 17 July 1997 most of the provisions not yet in force of the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997.