Statutory Instruments
1995 No. 1426 (C.30)

MERCHANT SHIPPING
The Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (Commencement No. 12) Order 1995

Made
1st June 1995

The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of powers conferred by section 101(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970(1) and now vested in him(2), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (Commencement No. 12) Order 1995.

2.  The provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to the matters specified in the second column of the Schedule) shall come into force on 1st August 1995.

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Goschen
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of Transport
1st June 1995

Article 2

SCHEDULEProvisions coming into force on 1st August 1995

Provisions of the Act
Subject matter of provisions

In section 100, subsection (3) so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 5 brought into force by this Schedule
Repeals.

Schedule 5, so far as it relates to the repeals set out in the Appendix to this Schedule
Enactments repealed.

APPENDIX TO SCHEDULERepeals taking effect on 1st August 1995

Chapter
Short Title
Extent of Repeal

1919 c. 92
The Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919
Section 5

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order commences the repeal made by the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 of section 5 of the Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919 (masters, chief engineers and skippers of British vessels to be British subjects).
Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)
In this Note:
“MSA 1974” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1974(3)

“MSA 1979” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1979(4)
an asterisk(*) denotes that the prescribed penalty has been increased by Schedule 6 to the MSA 1979.
The following provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order:


Provision
Date ofcommencement
S.I. No.

ss. 1*, 2*, 4, 5, 7, 8*, 9,10
1.1.73
1972/1977

s. 11 (see s. 39(3) MSA 1979)
1.1.73
1972/1977

ss. 12 to 14
1.1.73
1972/1977

s. 15 (amended by s. 37(1) MSA 1979)
1.8.79
1979/809

ss. 16 to 18
1.1.73
1972/1977

s. 19*
1.8.79
1979/809

s. 20*
19.12.75
1975/2156

ss. 21*, 22*, 23*
1.1.73
1972/1977

s. 24*
1.10.74
1974/1194

ss. 25, 26
1.1.73
1972/1977

s. 27* (amended by s. 45(1) MSA 1979)
1.1.73
1972/1977

s. 28* (amended by s. 45(2) MSA 1979)
1.1.73
1972/1977

s. 29 (repealed by s. 19(3) MSA 1974)
1.1.73
1972/1977

s. 30* (amended by s. 19(4) MSA 1974)
1.1.73
1972/1977

s. 31 (repealed by s. 19(3) MSA 1974
1.1.73
1972/1977

s. 32 (amended by s. 19(6) MSA 1974)
1.1.73
1972/1977

ss. 33, 34*, 35, 37 to 42
1.1.73
1972/1977

s. 43* (see s. 37(2) and (3) MSA 1979)
19.12.75
1975/2156

ss. 44, 45*, 46*, 47*
19.12.75
1975/2156

s. 48*
1.1.73
1972/1977

s. 49
19.12.75
1975/2156

s. 50*
1.9.81
1981/1186

s. 51*
1.5.95
1995/965

ss. 52, 53, 54
1.1.83
1982/1617

ss. 55, 56
1.7.83
1982/1617

ss. 57, 59
1.1.83 and 1.7.83
1982/1617

s. 60
1.9.81
1981/1186

s. 61* (amended by s. 28(7)(b), 29(1) and (2) MSA 1979)
1.1.73
1972/1977

ss. 62*, 63, 64, 65*, 66, 67, 68*, 70*, 71*
1.1.73
1972/1977

s. 72* (amended by s. 30 MSA 1979)
1.1.73
1972/1977

ss. 73*, 74*, 75
1.1.73
1972/1977

s. 76* (amended by s. 37(5) MSA 1979)
1.1.73
1972/1977

ss. 77*, 78*, 79 to 84
1.1.73
1972/1977

ss. 85 and 86*
18.11.74
1974/1908

ss. 88, 89*, 90
1.1.73
1972/1977

s. 91*
16.7.82
1982/840

s. 92 (amended by s. 37(6) MSA 1979)
1.1.73
1972/1977

ss. 93, 94
1.1.73
1972/1977

s. 95(1) (amended by s. 45(3) MSA 1979), (4) to (6)
1.1.73
1972/1977

s. 95(2)
1.8.79
1979/809

s. 96
1.1.73
1972/1977

s. 97 (amended by s. 29(3) MSA 1979)
1.1.73
1972/1977

ss. 98 and 99
1.1.73
1972/1977

s. 100 and Sch. 5 partially

1.1.73 and 6.4.74
1972/1977

1.10.74
1974/1194

18.11.74
1974/1908

1.7.79
1978/797

1.8.79
1979/809

1.9.81
1981/1186

16.7.82
1982/840

1.1.83 and 1.7.83
1982/1617

1.1.87 and 1.9.87
1986/2006

1.5.95
1995/965

s. 101 (amended by s. 37(7) MSA 1979)
1.1.73
1972/1977

Sch. 1
18.11.74
1974/1908

Sch. 2 Part I, paragraph 1 and Part II
1.1.73
1972/1977

Sch. 3, paragraphs 1 to 4, 8 and 9, 11 to 14
1.1.73 and 6.4.74
1972/1977

Sch. 3, paragraph 10
18.11.74
1974/1908

Sch. 3, paragraphs 5, 6 and 7
1.9.81
1981/1186

Sch. 4, paragraphs 1 to 4
1.1.73
1972/1977

Sch. 4, paragraph 9
1.9.81
1981/1186

Sch. 4, paragraph 18
1.1.83 and 1.7.83
1982/1617

Sch. 5 (partially)
1.1.73 and 6.4.74
1972/1977

1.10.74
1974/1194

18.11.74
1974/1908

1.7.79
1978/797

1.8.79
1979/809

1.9.81
1981/1186

16.7.82
1982/840

1.1.87 and 1.9.87
1986/2066

1.5.95
1995/965



(1)
1970 c. 36; section 101(4) was amended by section 37(7) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39).

(2)
See S.I. 1970/1537.

(3)
1974 c. 43.

(4)
1979 c. 39.