174(1)Section 68 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (power to summon witness) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (4) (particulars of fine to be given to clerk), for “clerk” substitute “ proper officer ”.
(3)After that subsection insert—
“(4A)In subsection (1) above “proper officer” means—
(a)in relation to a magistrates’ court in England and Wales, the justices’ chief executive for the court, and
(b)in relation to a magistrates’ court in Northern Ireland, the clerk of the court.”