Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997
Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (1997 c. 28)
- Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (1997 c. 28)
- Extension of powers to deal with emergencies at sea
- 1 Temporary exclusion zones.
- 2 Powers of intervention where shipping accident threatens pollution.
- 3 Powers of intervention in cases of pollution by substances other than oil.
- 4 Powers of fire authorities.
- Pollution control and marine safety
- 5 Waste reception facilities at harbours.
- 6 Indemnities in connection with counter-pollution measures.
- 7 Increased penalty for causing pollution, etc.
- 8 Safety regulations.
- 9 Inspection and detention of ships.
- 10 Power to require ships to be moved.
- 11 Ships receiving trans-shipped fish.
- 12 Preparation of plans under International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation.
- Funding of maritime services
- 13 Funding of maritime services.
- Liability and compensation
- 14 Carriage of hazardous and noxious substances.
- 15 Limitation of liability.
- 16 Compulsory insurance.
- Miscellaneous amendments of Merchant Shipping Act 1995
- 17 Financial assistance for training.
- 18 Discharge books.
- 19 Powers of general lighthouse authorities.
- 20 Disclosure of information to general lighthouse authorities.
- 21 Certain duties not to apply to RNLI.
- 22 Disposal of unclaimed wreck.
- 23 Retention of documents by Registrar General.
- Protection of wrecks
- 24 Implementation of international agreements relating to protection of wrecks.
- Maritime security, etc.
- 25 Amendments of Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990.
- 26 Piracy.
- International bodies concerned with maritime matters
- 27 Application of s. 1 of International Organisations Act 1968 to International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund.
- 28 International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
- Supplementary
- 29 Minor and consequential amendments, etc.
- 30 Extent and application.
- 31 Short title, interpretation and commencement.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Amendments of Merchant Shipping Act 1995 relating to inspection and detention of ships
- Meaning of “dangerously unsafe ship”
- Power to detain dangerously unsafe ship
- Fishing vessel without appropriate certificate
- Power to inspect ships and their equipment
- Enforcing detention of ships
- Powers of detention under provisions relating to load lines
- SCHEDULE 2 Funding of maritime services
- SCHEDULE 3 Provisions to be inserted as Schedule 5A to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995
- SCHEDULE 4 Amendments of Part III of Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990
- Meaning of “harbour area”
- Designation of restricted zones
- Power to promote searches
- Removal of firearms
- Inspection of ships and harbour areas
- False statements
- Unauthorised presence in restricted zone
- Meaning of “harbour”, “harbour authority” etc.
- SCHEDULE 5 Provisions of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to be treated as part of the law of nations
- Definition of piracy
- Piracy by a warship, government ship or government aircraft whose crew has mutinied
- Definition of a pirate ship or aircraft
- SCHEDULE 6 Minor and consequential amendments
- The Hovercraft Act 1968 (c. 59)
- The Senior Courts Act 1981 (c. 54)
- The Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21)
- SCHEDULE 7 Repeals and revocations
- Part I Repeals
- Part II Revocations
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