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 British Ships, were disapplied by the Judicial functions of the European court of justice when they were found to conflict with European Community law and the
Common Fisheries Policy which stated British waters were the EUs too. Part II dealt only with fishing vessels and was found to be repugnant by the
European Court of Justice.{{cn, date=February 2019 The subsequent definition of British Ships is found in 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 mi ...
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See also
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Merchant Shipping Act
External links
The text of the statute as amended and (not) in force today from the Statute Law Database
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1988
Shipping in the United Kingdom
Fisheries law