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GBR-1995-L-41477
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Title_of_text
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (1995, c. 21).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
United Kingdom
Subjects (Classification)
Seafarers
Adopted on (Date of text)
1995-07-19
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Consolidates Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1994 and other enactments related to merchant shipping. Parts I and II regulate the registration of ships. Part II contains provisions relating to masters and seamen, addressing, inter alia: wages, medical care, crew accomodations, crew training, and disciplinary measures against seamen. Part IV establishes safety and health requirements aboard ships. Part V sets forth provisions relating to fishing vessels and their crew regarding matters addressed in Part III. Parts VI through IX deal with pollution, liability of ship owners, the operation of lighthouses, and shipwrecks. Parts X through XI regulate the powers of inspectors, the investigation of accidents, and legal proceedings related to merchant shipping.
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1996-01-29 (GBR-1996-R-43225)
Merchant Shipping (Delegation of Type Approval) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 147 of 1996).
Implementing text(s)
1996-01-29 (GBR-1996-R-43225)
Merchant Shipping (Delegation of Type Approval) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 147 of 1996).
Implementing text(s)
2001-09-26 (GBR-2001-R-60185)
Merchant Shipping Ordinance 2001 (No. 15 of 2001).
Implementing text(s)
2001-09-26 (GBR-2001-R-60185)
Merchant Shipping Ordinance 2001 (No. 15 of 2001).
Implementing text(s)
2004-07-05 (GBR-2004-R-67846)
Fishing Vessels (Working Time: Sea-fishermen) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 1713 of 2004).
Implementing text(s)
2002-08-13 (GBR-2002-R-68290)
Merchant Shipping (Hours of Work) Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 2125 of 2002).
Implementing text(s)
1998-09-24 (GBR-1998-R-71419)
The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Employment of Young Persons) Regulations 1998. (S.I. 1998 No. 2411).
Implementing text(s)
1977-09-30 (GBR-1977-R-99541)
Jamestown (Registry Port) Order (LN 23 of 1977).
Implementing text(s)
1997 (GBR-1997-R-101696)
Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) Regulations 1997 (SI 1997/1508).
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1988-05-03 (GBR-1988-L-6305)
Merchant Shipping Act (Chapter 12)
Amended text(s)
1988-05-03 (GBR-1988-L-6305)
Merchant Shipping Act (Chapter 12)
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2006-03-01 (GBR-2006-L-79613)
Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006 (c.8).
Amending text(s)
2013-04-25 (GBR-2013-L-95027)
Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (2013 c. 25).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line
Author
Office of Public Sector Information
Publisher
Government of the United Kingdom
URL
http://www.uk-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/Ukpga_19950021_en_1.htm
Serial region
Serial title
Printed separately
Page range
292 p.