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59(1)The Supreme Court Act 1981 shall be amended as follows.
(2)In section 20—
(a)in subsection (3)—
(i)in paragraph (a), for the words after “under” substitute “the Merchant Shipping Act 1995”;
(ii)in paragraph (c), for “Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1979” substitute “Merchant Shipping Act 1995”;
(b)in subsection (5)—
(i)in paragraph (a), for “the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971” substitute “Chapter III of Part VI of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995”;
(ii)in paragraph (b), for the words following “falling on the” substitute “International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund, or on the International Oil Compensation Fund 1984, under Chapter IV of Part VI of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.”;
(c)in subsection (6)(a), for “section 1 of the Merchant Shipping Salvage and Pollution Act 1994” substitute “section 224 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995”;
(d)in subsection (7), for “Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1979” substitute “Merchant Shipping Act 1995”.
(3)In section 24—
(a)in subsection (1)—
(i)in the definition of “collision regulations”, for the words after “means” substitute “safety regulations under section 85 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995”; and
(ii)in the definition of “master”, for “Merchant Shipping Act 1894” substitute “Merchant Shipping Act 1995”;
(b)in subsection (2), in paragraph (b), for “552 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894” substitute “ 226 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995”.
(4)After section 46 insert the following section—
(1)Sections 280, 281 and 282 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (offences on ships and abroad by British citizens and others) apply in relation to other offences under the law of England and Wales as they apply in relation to offences under that Act or instruments under that Act.”
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