Merchant Shipping Act 1906

1906 CHAPTER 48 6 Edw 7

An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1900.

[21st December 1906]

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Power to adapt provisions of Act conferred by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), s. 90

C2 Functions of Board of Trade now exercisable by Secretary of State by virtue of S.I. 1970/1537, art. 2 and S.I. 1983/1127, art. 2(4)

C3 Act amended by S.I. 1983/708, regs. 1(3)(4)(b), 2

C4 Act modified by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111), s. 47(2)(b) (with s. 58(4), Sch. 8 para. 1) and by S.I. 1989/1991, art. 10

C5 Act excluded by S.I. 1989/1991, arts. 11–14

Part I U.K. Safety

1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 1 repealed by Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932 (c. 9), Sch. 4 Pt. II

F2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 2 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.

3, 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F3 Ss. 3, 4 repealed by Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 (c. 43), Sch. 3

5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F4 S. 5 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)

F5 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F5 S. 6 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.

7, 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F6 Ss. 7, 8 repealed by Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932 (c. 9), Sch. 4 Pt. II

9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F7 S. 9 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5

10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F8 S. 10 repealed by Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932 (c. 9), Sch. 4 Pt. II

11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F9 S. 11 repealed by Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 (c. 43), Sch. 3

12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F10 Ss. 12, 14, 17–20, 23–26, 28–43, 45–48 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5

Part II U.K. Passenger and Emigrant Ships

F11 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F11 S. 13 repealed (1.6.1995 with effect as mentioned in reg. 1(5) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(b)(5)

F12 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F12 Ss. 12, 14, 17-20, 23-26, 28-43, 45-48 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5

F13 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F13 S. 15 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.

F14 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F14 S. 16 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.

17—20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F15 Ss. 12, 14, 17–20, 23–26, 28–43, 45–48 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5

F16 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F16 S. 21 repealed (1.6.1995 with effect as mentioned in reg. 1(5) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(b)(5)

F17 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F17 S. 22 repealed (1.6.1995 with effect as mentioned in reg. 1(5) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(b)(5)

23, 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F18 Ss. 12, 14, 17–20, 23–26, 28–43, 45–48 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5

Part III U.K. Seamen’s Food

25, 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F19 Ss. 12, 14, 17–20, 23–26, 28–43, 45–48 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5

F20 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F20 S. 27 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.

Part IV U.K. Provisions as to Relief and Repatriation of Distressed Seamen, and Seamen left behind Abroad

28—43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F21 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F21 Ss. 12, 14, 17–20, 23–26, 28–43, 45–48 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5

F22 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F22 S. 44 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.

45—48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F23 Ss. 12, 14, 17–20, 23–26, 28–43, 45–48 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5

F24 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F24 S. 49 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.

Part V U.K. Miscellaneous

F25 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F25 S. 50 repealed (21.3.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.I; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(1), Sch.1.

51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F26 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F26 S. 51 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111), s. 57(4)(5), Schs. 6, 7, (with s. 58(4), Sch. 8 para. 1)

52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F27 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F27 S. 52 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111), ss. 48, 57(5), Schs. 5, 7, (with s. 58(4), Sch. 8 para. 1)

F28 53 Amendment of 57 & 58 Vict, c. 60. s. 48. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F28 S. 53 repealed (21.3.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.I; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(1), Sch.1.

54—55. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F29 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F29 Ss. 54, 55 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1965 (c. 47), Sch. 2

[F30 56 Secound mate certificates allowed in small foreign-going sailing ships. U.K.

The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section ninety-two of the principal Act (which relates to the certificates of competency to be held by officers of ships):—

“(b) If the ship is of one hundred tons burden or upwards with at least one officer besides the master holding a certificate not lower than that of—

(i) mate in the case of a home trade passenger ship;

(ii) secound mate in the case of a foreign-going sailing ship of not more than two hundred tons burden ; and

(iii) only mate in the case of any other foreign-going ship.”]

Textual Amendments

F30 S. 56 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36, SIF 111), Sch. 5 except to the extent (see S.I. 1981/1186, Sch. Appendix) that section 56 applies in relation to British ships registered outside the United Kingdom

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6 The text of s. 56 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.

57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F31 S. 57 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5

F32 58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F32 S. 58 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.

59—63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F33 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F33 Ss. 59–63, 65 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5

64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F34 S. 64 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), s. 101(4), Sch. 5

65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F35 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F35 Ss. 59–63, 65 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5

66–68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F36 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F36 SS. 66–68 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), s. 101(4), Sch. 5

69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F37 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F37 S. 69 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1984 (c. 5, SIF 111), s. 14(3)(4), Sch. 2

70, 71. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F38 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F38 Ss. 70, 71 repealed by Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act 1958 (c. 62), Sch.

72 Delivery of wreck to receiver. U.K.

Section five hundred and eighteen of the principal Act shall apply to wreck found or taken possession of outside the limits of the United Kingdom, and brought within the limits of the United Kingdom, as it applies to wreck found or taken possession of within the limits of the United Kingdom.

73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F39 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F39 S. 73 repealed by Pilotage Act 1913 (2 & 3 Geo. 5 c. 31), s. 60, Sch. 2

74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F40 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F40 S. 74 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5

75 Substitution of ship surveyor for shipwright surveyor. U.K.

(1) Any person appointed to be a surveyor of ships under section seven hundred and twenty-four of the principal Act may be appointed either as a ship surveyor or as an engineer surveyor, or as both, and any reference in that section or in any other section of the principal Act to a shipwright surveyor shall be construed as a reference to a ship surveyor.

(2) Any surveyor of ships who before the passing of this Act has been appointed as a shipwright surveyor, or both as a shipwright surveyor and an engineer surveyor, shall be deemed to have been appointed as a ship surveyor, or both as a ship surveyor and an engineer surveyor, as the case may be.

F41 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) The Board of Trade may, under subsection (2) of section seven hundred and twenty-four of the principal Act, in addition to appointing a surveyor-general of ships, appoint such other principal officers in connection with the survey of ships and other matters incidental thereto, as the Board think fit.

Textual Amendments

F41 S. 75(3) repealed (1.6.1995) by S.I 1995/1210, reg. 1(4)(b)(5)

76 Return to be furnished by masters of ships as to passengers. U.K.

(1) The master of every ship, whether a British or foreign ship, which carries any passenger to a place in the United Kingdom from any place out of the United Kingdom, or from any place in the United Kingdom to any place out of the United Kingdom, shall furnish to such person and in such manner as the Board of Trade direct a return giving the total number of any passengers so carried, distinguishing, if so directed by the Board, the total number of any class of passengers so carried, and giving, if the Board of Trade so direct, such particulars with respect to passengers as may be for the time being required by the Board.

(2) Any passenger shall furnish the master of the ship with any information required by him for the purpose of the return.

(3) If the master of a ship fails to make a return as required by this section, or makes a false return, and if any passenger refuses to give any information required by the master of the ship for the purpose of the return required by this section [F42 , for that purpose, gives to the master information which he knows to be false or recklessly gives to him information which is false], the master or passenger shall be liable for each offence on summary conviction to a fine [F43 not exceeding [F44 fifty pounds][F44 level 2 on the standard scale]in the case of a failure or refusal and [F45 two hundred pounds][F45 level 3 on the standard scale]in the case of a false return or false information].

Textual Amendments

F42 Words in s. 76(3) substituted (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(3), Sch. 4 para.15; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.

F43 Words substituted by Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39), s. 43(6), Sch. 6 Pt. VI para. 13

F44 Words level 2 on the standard scale substituted (E.W.S.) for fifty pounds by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G

F45 Words level 3 on the standard scale substituted (E.W.S.) for two hundred pounds by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G

F46 77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F46 S. 77 repealed (1.5.1994) by 1993 c. 22, s. 8(4), Sch. 5 Pt.II; S.I. 1993/3137, art. 3(2), Sch.2.

78 Dispensing powers of the Board of Trade. U.K.

(1) The Board of Trade may, if they think fit, and upon such conditions (if any) as they think fit to impose, exempt any ship from any specified requirement contained in, or prescribed in pursuance of, the Merchant Shipping Acts, or dispense with the observance of any such requirement in the case of any ship, if they are satisfied that that requirement has been substantially complied with in the case of that ship, or that compliance with the requirement is unnecessary in the circumstances of the case, and that the action taken or provision made as respects the subject-matter of the requirement in the case of the ship is as effective as, or more effective than, actual compliance with the requirement.

(2) The Board of Trade shall annually lay before both Houses of Parliament a special report stating the cases in which they have exercised their powers under this section during the preceding year, and the grounds upon which they have acted in each case.

79 Power to appoint advisory committees. U.K.

(1) The Board of Trade may, if they think fit, appoint committees for the purpose of advising them when considering the making or alteration of any rules, regulations, or scales for the purpose of the Merchant Shipping Acts, consisting of such persons as they may appoint representing the interests principally affected, or having special knowledge of the subject matter.

(2) There shall be paid to the members of any such committee, out of moneys provided by Parliament, such travelling and other allowances as the Board of Trade fix with the consent of the Treasury.

(3) Committees may be appointed under this section to advise the Board of Trade specially as regards any special rules, regulations, or scales, or generally as regards any class or classes of rules, regulations, or scales which the Board may assign to them.

80 Power to register Government ships under the Merchant Shipping Acts. U.K.

(1) His Majesty may by Order in Council make regulations with respect to the manner in which Government ships may be registered as British ships [F47 in the United Kingdom under the Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993, and the Merchant Shipping Acts,] subject to any exceptions and modifications which may be made by Order in Council, either generally or as respects any special class of Government ships, shall apply to Government ships registered in accordance with those regulations as if they were registered [F47 in accordance with that Act].

(2) Nothing in this Act shall affect the powers of the Legislature of any British possession to regulate any Government ships under the control of the Government of that possession.

(3) In this section the expression Government ships means ships not forming part of His Majesty’s Navy which belong to His Majesty, or are held by any person on behalf of or for the benefit of the Crown, and for that reason cannot be registered under the principal Act.

Textual Amendments

F47 Words in s. 80(1) substituted (21.3.1994) by 1993 c. 22, ss. 8(1), 10(2), Sch. 2 para. 3(a)(b).

81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F48 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F48 S. 81 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), s. 101(4), Sch. 5

82 Amendment of procedure in Scotland. U.K.

The principal Act in its application to Scotland, is amended as follows:—

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F49

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F50

(3) . . . F51 every offence referred to in section seven hundred and two of the principal Act may be prosecuted by indictment.

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F52

Textual Amendments

F49 S. 82(1) repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5

F50 S. 82(2) repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39), Sch. 7 Pt. II

F51 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)

F52 S. 82(4) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)

83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F53 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F53 s. 83 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111), s. 57(5), Sch. 7, (with s. 58(4), Sch. 8 para. 1)

Part VI U.K. Supplemental

84 Construction of references to Merchant Shipping Acts. U.K.

(1) In this Act the expression principal Act means the M1 Merchant Shipping Act 1894, and the expression Merchant Shipping Acts means the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1900, and this Act.

(2) Any reference in this Act to any provision of the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1900, which has been amended by any subsequent Act or is amended by this Act, shall be construed as a reference to the provision as so amended.

Marginal Citations

M1 1894 c. 60.

85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F54 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F54 Ss. 85, 86(2) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)

86 †Short title and commencement. U.K.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act 1906, and shall be construed as one with the principal Act, and the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1900, and this Act may be cited together as the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1906.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F55

Textual Amendments

F55 Ss. 85, 86(2) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7 Unreliable marginal note

F56 F56 SCHEDULE 1 U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F56 Sch. 1 repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), Sch. 5

F57 F57 SCHEDULE 2 U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F57 Sch. 2 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)