The merchant shipping act, 1894 computer file, 1895. Merchant shipping act 1894 1894 chapter 60 an act to consolidate enactments relating to merchant shipping. Merchant shipping act 2001 government of the british. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Part i safety 21 december 1906 repealed by merchant shipping safety and load line conventions act, 1932, s. Registration of merchant ships the national archives.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The warrants and flag images appeared in the commonwealth of australia gazette as notifications from 1903 to 1939, and are listed below. Merchant shipping act, 1894 to 1970, of the united. An act to consolidate enactments relating to merchant shipping. Merchant shipping act 57 of 1951 south african government. The transcripts known as series ii are in record series bt 108 and the transactions series iii are in record series bt 109. The merchant shipping act, 1894 report of court no. Aggregate number of super ficial feet in the several compartments set apart for steerage passengers. Merchant shipping act 2001 government of the virgin islands.
Total number of statute adults, exclusive of mas ter, crew, and cabin passengers, which the ship can legally carry. It consolidated much of the uks maritime legislation, repealing several acts in their entirety and provisions in many more, some dating back to the midnineteenth century. Download adobe acrobat or click here to download the pdf file. It was part of a number of acts introduced by david lloyd george, and later winston churchill, as president of the board of trade, to improve conditions for workers. Act 1993, which came into force on 21 march 1994 and which repealed in the united kingdom the relevant sections of the merchant shipping act 1894 and the act of 1988 in so far as it related to registration. Number 43 of 2014 merchant shipping registration of ships act 2014 an act to revise the law on the registration, national character, mortgage, sale, transfer, ownership and measurement of irish ships, to repeal the mercantile marine act 1955, to amend certain enactments in this regard, to amend the definition of safety convention. Provision for cases of infancy or other incapacity. Application by order in council of provisions of merchant shipping acts to foreign ships. On the registry of a ship the registrar shall retain in his possession the following documents. Ports in the relevant british possessions use the merchant.
Limitation of owners liability in certain cases loss of life, injury, or damage. Merchant shipping amendment act 30 of 1959 commonwealth relations act 69 of 1962 merchant shipping amendment act 40 of 1963 merchant shipping amendment act of 1965 unemployment insurance act 30 of 1966 merchant shipping amendment act 42. Delivery up of certificate of ship lost or ceasing to be british owned. Merchant shipping act 1894 57 and 58 vic c 60 act legislation. Qualification for owning british ships qualification for owning british ship. Introduced in 1906 by david lloyd george, then president of the board of trade, the merchant shipping act established regulations covering the standards of food and accommodation on british registered ships. Amended by merchant shipping amendment act 18 of 1992. An act to consolidate the laws relating to merchant shipping and to make provision for other matters connected therewith. And the right honourable charles thomson ritchie, the right. The act provides a significant updating of existing merchant shipping legislation, particularly the merchant shipping act 1894.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The australian red ensign was subject to admiralty warrants made pursuant to section 73 of the merchant shipping act 1894 uk until australias own shipping laws took effect in january 1982. Extension of powers of detention for unsafety to undennanning. Sections 74, 75 and 76 of the merchant shipping applicable conventions law 1987 shall have effect in relation to a ship detained under these regulations and for the purpose of applying those sections the merchant shipping provisions and water cayman islands regulations 1989 shall be. Entitlement of ship to be registered under this act 6. The records in bt 108 have notes on them which refer to the. The result for the longsuffering reader of such legislation is yet another set of messy changes which have to be fitted into the existing jumble of provisions, many of which have already been heavily amended. It appears your web browser is not configured to display pdf files.
Regulations as to relief and maintenance of distressed seamen. The merchant shipping act 1995 is an act of parliament passed in the united kingdom in 1995. A ship shall not be deemed to be a british ship unless owned wholly by persons of the following description in this act referred to as persons qualified to be owners. Summary of provisions under merchant shipping act, 1958. Interpretation part ii registration of ships registration 3. Merchant shipping act, 1894, section 503 irish statute book. Merchant shipping act with its variations is a stock short title used in malaysia and the united kingdom for legislation relating to merchant shipping merchant shipping acts and regulations also exist as well in other countries, and they are sometimes referred to as merchant shipping act such as in malta, india, singapore, kenya and south africa.
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