Merchant Shipping Act 1979

Part VU.K. Fine on Conviction on Indictment and Maximum Fine of £1,000 on Summary Conviction

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

EnactmentSubject matter
Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (c. 60)—
section 285(5)Safety equipment for passenger steamers.
section 286Unauthorised 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 433Unauthorised 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 45Going to sea undermanned.
section 46(1)Unqualified person going to sea as qualified.