Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39)

Supplemental U.K.

Valid from 22/11/1994

50 Interpretation and repeals. U.K.

(1) This Act shall be construed as one with the Merchant Shipping Acts.

(2) In this Act—

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• “contravention” includes failure to comply;

• “functions” includes powers and duties;

• “the Merchant Shipping Acts” means the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1977 . . . F2 and, except in sections 22(3)(a) and 37(5) of this Act and the preceding subsection, this Act; and

• “modifications” includes additions, omissions and alterations, and related expressions shall be construed accordingly.

(3) Section 4 of the M1 Aliens restriction (Amendment) Act 1919 (which prohibits an alien from holding a pilotage certificate for a pilotage district in the United Kingdom except in certain cases) shall cease to have effect.

(4) The enactments mentioned in the first and second columns of Schedule 7 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; but nothing in Part I of that Schedule shall affect the operation of any enactment in relation to such an occurrence as mentioned in section 19(4) of this Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 Definition repealed by Pilotage Act 1987 (c. 21, SIF 111), s 32(5), Sch. 3

F2 Words inserted by Pilotage Act 1983 (c. 21, SIF 111), s. 69(2), Sch. 3 para. 7 and repealed by Pilotage Act 1987 (c. 21, SIF 111), s. 32(5), Sch. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of s. 50(3) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

C2 The text of s. 50(4) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not wholly reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 50 partly in force; s. 50 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 52(2); s. 50(4) in force for specified purposes at 22.11.1994 by S.I. 1994/2789, art. 2, Sch.

Marginal Citations

M1 1919 c. 92.