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Merchant Shipping Act 1979
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Part VU.K. Fine on Conviction on Indictment and Maximum Fine of £1,000 on Summary Conviction
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F1Sch. 6 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)
| Enactment | Subject matter |
|---|---|
| Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (c. 60)— | |
| section 285(5) | Safety equipment for passenger steamers. |
| section 286 | Unauthorised weight on safety valve of passenger steamer. |
| section 413(2) | Fishing boat sailing without certificated skipper and second hand. |
| section 413(3) | Service or employment of uncertificated person as skipper or second hand of fishing boat. |
| section 430(1) | Provision of life-saving appliances for ships. |
| section 432(2) | Adjustment of compasses and provision of hose in ship. |
| section 433 | Unauthorised weight on safety valve of steamship. |
| The Merchant Shipping Act 1906 (c. 48)— | |
| section 16(2) | Passengers not to be carried on more than one deck below water line. |
| Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932 (c. 9)— | |
| section 30(2) | Avoidance of danger from ice. |
| Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 (c. 43)— | |
| section 5(5) | Breach of rules for direction-finders. |
| section 6(3) | Breach of rules about radio navigational aids. |
| section 6(4) | Using unauthorised apparatus for signals to or from radio navigational aids. |
| section 12(3)(b) | Steamer other than passenger steamer going to sea without certificates. |
| section 12(6) | Compliance with conditions of exemption certificate. |
| section 19(2) | Compliance with rules about closing of openings in ship’s hull. |
| section 21(3) | Misuse of distress signals. |
| section 23(3) | Breach of rules about carriage of dangerous goods. |
| section 24(1) | Failure to take precautions in loading grain to prevent it from shifting. |
| section 24(2) | Entering port with grain which was loaded without precautions to prevent it from shifting. |
| Merchant Shipping Act 1964 (c. 47)— | |
| section 5(2) | Going to sea without safety construction certificate. |
| section 7(1) | Breach of cargo ship construction and survey rules. |
| Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1967 (c. 27)— | |
| section 3(2) | Breach of load line rules in respect of British ship. |
| section 4(4) | Taking or sending ship to sea with load line submerged. |
| section 9(3) | Going to sea without load line certificate. |
| section 13(3) | Breach of load line rules in respect of foreign ship. |
| section 24(4) | Breach of deck cargo regulations. |
| Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Act 1970 (c. 27)— | |
| section 1(4) | Contravention of construction rules. |
| section 4(2) | Going to sea without certificates of compliance with construction and other rules. |
| Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36)— | |
| section 45 | Going to sea undermanned. |
| section 46(1) | Unqualified person going to sea as qualified. |
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