Prospective
(1)Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect for making amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act.
(2)Schedule 3 to this Act (which substantially re-enacts certain provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts relating to British ships and the British flag) shall have effect.
(3)Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect for making amendments designed to facilitate, or otherwise desirable in connection with, the consolidation of the enactments relating to merchant shipping.
(4)The enactments mentioned in Schedule 5 to this Act (which include enactments which are spent or are of no practical utility) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule, subject, however, to the saving at the end of the Schedule.
Commencement Information
I1S. 8 wholly in force; s. 8 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 10(2); s. 8(1)(2) wholly in force and s. 8(4) in force so far as relating to Sch. 5 Pt. I at 21.3.1994 by S.I. 1993/3137 art. 3(1), Sch. 1; s. 8(3) wholly in force and s. 8(4) in force so far as relating to Sch. 5 Pt. II at 1.5.1994 by S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch. 2.