Merchant Shipping (Liner Conferences) Act 1982

General

14 Interpretation

(1) In this Act—

• " Article " means Article of the Code;

• " the Code " has the meaning given by section 1(1);

• " conciliation " means international mandatory conciliation under Chapter VI of the Code, and references to the institution or completion of conciliation proceedings shall be construed in accordance with subsection (2);

• " conference " has the meaning given by Chapter I of the Code;

• " judgment", in relation to proceedings arising out of the Code, means any judgment, decree, order, award, recommendation or determination of any description given or made in such proceedings, and references to the giving of a judgment shall be construed accordingly ;

• " mandatory provision ", in relation to the Code, means a provision identified as such by regulations as mentioned in section 2 (2) (b);

• " modifications " includes additions, omissions and alterations ;

• "proceedings arising out of the Code" means legal proceedings, conciliation proceedings, arbitration proceedings or any other proceedings for the determination or resolution of a dispute arising out of the Code ;

• " statutory provision " means any provision contained in an Act, in Northern Ireland legislation, in subordinate legislation (as defined in section 21(1) of the [1978 c. 30.] Interpretation Act 1978) or in any instrument of a legislative character made under Northern Ireland legislation;

• " trade " has the same meaning as in the Code.

(2) For the purposes of this Act conciliation proceedings relating to a dispute are instituted when a party to the dispute requests that it be referred to conciliation and are completed when the conciliators notify the parties of their recommendations.

15 Short title, commencement and extent

(1) This Act may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Liner Conferences) Act 1982.

(2) This Act comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.

(3) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.

(4) Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide that any provisions of this Act, or of any instrument made under this Act, shall extend, with such modifications as are specified in the Order, to any of the following countries, namely the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands and any colony.

(5) An Order in Council under subsection (4) relating to any of the countries mentioned in that subsection may direct that any provision of this Act, or of any instrument made under this Act, shall have effect, with such modifications as may be specified in the Order, as if references to the United Kingdom included references to that country.