In section 464 of the M1Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (which specifies the shipping casualties which may be the subject of inquiries and investigations under Part VI of that Act)—
(a)in paragraph (4) (which refers to loss of life by reason of a casualty happening to or on board a ship) after the word “life” there shall be inserted the words “or serious personal injury” and after the word “ship” there shall be inserted the words “,or any boat or life-raft from a ship,” ;
(b)after that paragraph there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(4A)when any person is lost from a ship, or any boat or life-raft from a ship, on or near the coasts of the United Kingdom ;”
(c)after paragraph (7) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(8)when events occur which the Secretary of State determines are of a kind likely to cause events which, if they occurred, would constitute a shipping casualty by virtue of any of the preceding paragraphs.”
(2)(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 31, 32(2)(3), 37(4) repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111), s. 57(5), 58(2), Sch.7, (with s. 58(4), Sch.8 para. 1)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of s. 32 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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