Merchant Shipping Act (with its variations) is a stock

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used in

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and the

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for legislation relating to

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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

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and

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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 1876 *The Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict c 60) *The Merchant Shipping Act 1897 (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 ...

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 mi ...

(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 t ...

(c 8)

"The Merchant Shipping Acts"

Each Merchant Shipping Act defines a

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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.

References

{{UK legislation Lists of legislation by short title and collective title Shipping in the United Kingdom

List

Malaysia

United Kingdom

"The Merchant Shipping Acts"

See also

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