Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1977

1 Modifications of 1949 and 1964 Acts for purposes of 1974 Convention.

(1) The provisions of this section shall have effect for the purpose of enabling effect to be given to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea signed in London on 1st November 1974 (in this Act referred to as " the 1974 Convention ") which replaces the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea signed in London on 17th June 1960 (in this Act referred to as " the 1960 Convention ").

(2) The [1949 c. 43.] Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 (in this Act referred to as " the 1949 Act ") shall have effect as if—

(a) the expression " the Safety Convention ", except where it appears in the preamble, referred to the 1974 Convention; and

(b) references therein to that Act, except in subsections (1) and (4) of section 37 (commencement and citation), included references to this Act.

(3) The [1964 c. 47.] Merchant Shipping Act 1964 (in this Act referred to as " the 1964 Act") shall have effect—

(a) with the omission in section 1 (which applies the 1949 Act to the 1960 Convention and construes references to that Act as including references to the 1964 Act) of the words from the beginning to "as 'the Safety Convention ') " and paragraph (a); and

(b) with the omission of subsections (1) to (3) of section 18 (transitional provisions); and

(c) as if the expression " the Convention " referred to the 1974 Convention.

(4) In the following enactments, namely,—

(a) section 1(1) of the 1949 Act (construction rules), and

(b) subsections (1) and (2) of section 2 of the 1964 Act (cargo ship construction and survey rules),

after the words " and machinery of ", in each place where they occur, there shall be inserted the words " and the fuel used in ".

(5) In subsection (7) of section 24 of the 1949 Act (definitions of the expressions " grain " and " ship carrying a cargo of grain ")—

(a) after the words " pulses and seeds " there shall be inserted the words " whether in natural or processed form "; and

(b) the words from " and the expression ' ship carrying a cargo of grain ' " to the end of the subsection shall be omitted.