Merchant Shipping Act (with its variations) is a stock
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Malaysia
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and the
United Kingdom
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for legislation relating to
merchant shipping
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.
Merchant shipping acts and regulations also exist as well in other countries, and they are sometimes referred to as "Merchant Shipping Act" such as in
Malta
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,
India
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,
Singapore
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,
Kenya
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South Africa
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. Each country has its specific rules regarding merchant shipping.
List
Malaysia
*The
Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1994
United Kingdom
*The
Merchant Shipping Act 1786
*The
Merchant Shipping Act 1844
*The
Merchant Shipping Law Amendment Act 1853 (16 & 17 Vict c 131)
*The
Merchant Shipping Repeal Act 1854
A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade. Merchants have operated for as long as industry ...
(17 & 18 Vict c 120)
*The
Merchant Shipping Act 1854
The Merchant Shipping Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict c. 104) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was passed on 10 August 1854, together with the Merchant Shipping Repeal Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict c. 120), which together repealed several c ...
*The
Merchant Shipping Act 1876
A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade. Merchants have operated for as long as indust ...
*The
Merchant Shipping Act 1894
A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade. Merchants have operated for as long as indust ...
(57 & 58 Vict c 60)
*The
Merchant Shipping Act 1897
A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade. Merchants have operated for as long as industry ...
(60 & 61 Vict c 59)
*The
Merchant Shipping (Exemption from Pilotage) Act 1897 (60 & 61 Vict c 61)
*The
Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners) Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict c 14)
*The
Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) 1898 (61 & 62 Vict c 44)
*The
Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and others) Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict c 32)
*The
Merchant Shipping Act 1906
Introduced in 1906 by David Lloyd George, then President of the Board of Trade, the Merchant Shipping Act established regulations covering the standards of food and accommodation on British registered ships. It was part of a number of acts intro ...
(6 Edw 7 c 48)
*The
Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo 5 c 2)
*The
Merchant Shipping (Scottish Fishing Boats) Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo 5 c 39)
*The
Merchant Shipping Act 1921 (11 & 12 Geo 5 c 28)
*The
Merchant Shipping (Equivalent Provisions) Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo 5 c 37)
*The
Merchant Shipping (International Labour Conventions) Act 1925
A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade. Merchants have operated for as long as industry ...
(15 & 16 Geo 5 c 42)
*The
Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932
A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade. Merchants have operated for as long as industry ...
(22 & 23 Geo 5 c 9)
*The
Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Munitions to Spain) Act 1936
A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade. Merchants have operated for as long as industry ...
*The
Merchant Shipping Act 1948
A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade. Merchants have operated for as long as industry ...
(11 & 12 Geo 6 c 44)
*The
Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo 6 c 43)
*The
Merchant Shipping Act 1950 (14 Geo 6 c 9)
*The
Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz 2 c 62)
*The
Merchant Shipping Act 1964 (c 47)
*The
Merchant Shipping Act 1965 (c 47)
*The
Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1967 (c 27)
*The
Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Act 1970 (c 27)
*The
Merchant Shipping Act 1970
A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade. Merchants have operated for as long as indust ...
(c 36)
*The
Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 (c 59)
*The
Merchant Shipping Act 1974 (c 43)
*The
Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1977 (c 24)
*The
Merchant Shipping Act 1979
A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade. Merchants have operated for as long as indust ...
(c 39)
Merchant Shipping Act 1979 as originally enacted
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*The Merchant Shipping Act 1981 (c 10)
*The Merchant Shipping (Liner Conferences) Act 1982 (c 37)
*The Merchant Shipping Act 1983 (c 13)
*The Merchant Shipping Act 1984 (c 5)
*The Merchant Shipping Act 1985
*The Safety at Sea Act 1986 (c 23)
*The Merchant Shipping Act 1988
The Merchant Shipping Act 1988 c.12 was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It aimed to prevent foreign fishing fleets from fishing in British territorial waters. In the Factortame case, its provisions in Parts I and II, Registration of ...
(c 12)
*The Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993 (c 22)
*The Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 1994 (c 28)
*The Merchant Shipping Act 1995
The Merchant Shipping Act 1995 is an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom in 1995. It consolidated much of the UK's maritime legislation, repealing several Acts in their entirety and provisions in many more, some dating back to the mid ...
(c 21)
*The Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997
A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade. Merchants have operated for as long as industry ...
(c 28)
*The Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006
The Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006 (c 8) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has three main purposes: to give effect to the Supplementary Fund Protocol 2003, to give effect to Annex IV of the MARPOL Convention, and to ...
(c 8)
"The Merchant Shipping Acts"
Each Merchant Shipping Act defines a collective title A collective title is an expression by which two or more pieces of legislation may, under the law of the United Kingdom, be cited together. A famous example is the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949.
Construction of references to citation with a group ...
beginning "Merchant Shipping Acts", including itself and other Acts whose short titles include "Merchant Shipping"; for example "The Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1994". The earliest Act included is always the Merchant Shipping Act 1894.
See also
*List of short titles
This is a list of stock short titles that are used for legislation in one or more of the countries where short titles are used. It is also a list of articles that list or discuss legislation by short title or subject.
*Act of Uniformity (disambigu ...
References
{{UK legislation
Lists of legislation by short title and collective title
Shipping in the United Kingdom