Supplementary
P131 Short title, interpretation and commencement.
1
This Act may be cited as the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997.
2
In this Act “the 1995 Act” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.
3
Subject to subsection (4), this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be so appointed for different purposes.
4
Sections 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 16, 24, 28 and 30, this section and Schedule 2 and paragraph 16 of Schedule 6 shall come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.