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Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949
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Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949
1949 CHAPTER 43 12 13 and 14 Geo 6
An Act to enable effect to be given to an International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, signed in London on the tenth day of June, nineteen hundred and forty-eight; to amend the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1948, relating to the construction of passenger steamers, to life-saving appliances, wireless and radio navigational aids and to other matters affected by the said Convention, and to amend the provisions of those Acts relating to fees.
[14th July 1949]
Whereas a Convention (in this Act referred to as “the Safety Convention”) was signed on behalf of the government of the United Kingdom in London on the tenth day of June, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, for promoting safety of life at sea by establishing in common agreement uniform principles and rules thereto:
And whereas it is intended that the Safety Convention shall replace the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1929, which is set out in the First Schedule to the Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932:
And whereas it is expedient to enable effect to be given to the Safety Convention, and to amend the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1948, relating to the construction of passenger steamers, to life-saving appliances, wireless and radio navigational aids and to other matters affected by the Safety Convention, and to amend the provisions of those Acts relating to fees:
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C1Act amended by Merchant Shipping Act 1964 (c. 47), s. 1 and Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1977 (c. 24), ss. 1(2), 4
C2Functions of Minister of Transport and Board of Trade under this Act now exercisable by Secretary of State by virtue of S.I. 1965/145, art.2, Sch. 1, 1966/1410, art.2, 1970/1537, art.2 and S.I. 1983/1127, art. 2(4)
C3Act extended by S.I. 1981/584, regs. 2–5
C4Act amended by S.I. 1983/708, regs. 1(3)(4)(b), 2
C5Act 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
C6Act excluded by S.I. 1989/1991, arts. 11–14
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I1Act not in force at Royal Assent see s. 37(1); Act wholly in force at 19. 11. 1952.
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