Merchant Shipping Act 1894

Delivery of official logs to superintendent of mercantile marine office.

242

242.(1) The master of every foreign-going ship shall, within forty-eight hours after the ship’s arrival at her final port of destination in the United Kingdom or upon the discharge of the crew, whichever first happens, deliver the official log-book of the voyage to the superintendent before whom the crew is discharged.

(2) The master or owner of every home trade ship for which an official log is required to be kept shall, within twenty-one days of the thirtieth day of June and the thirty-first day of December in every year, transmit or deliver the official log-book for the preceding half year to some superintendent in the United Kingdom.

(3) If the master or owner of a ship fails without reasonable cause to comply with this section, he shall be subject to the same consequences and liabilities to which he is subject for the non-delivery of the list of the crew required to be delivered under this Part of this Act.

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E94

Previous affecting provision: application of section extended to apply to radiotelephone log-books (1.12.1983) by Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Rules 1983 (S.I. No. 308 of 1983), rule 15(6), in effect as per rule 1(1); revoked (1.02.1992) by Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Rules 1992 (S.I. No. 28 of 1992), rule 1(2), in effect as per rule 1(1).

E95

Previous affecting provision: application of section extended to apply to radiotelephone log-books (14.05.1967) by Merchant Shipping (Radio) Rules 1967 (S.I. No. 103 of 1967), rule 27(7), in effect as per rule 1(2); revoked (1.12.1983) by Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Rules 1983 (S.I. No. 308 of 1983), rule 1(3),in effect as per rule 1(1).

E96

Previous affecting provision: provision for section to be extended to apply to any radio log-book required to be kept under section made (19.11.1953) by Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1952 (29/1952), s. 15(5)(b), S.I. No. 338 of 1953; s. 15 substituted (3.07.2010) by Merchant Shipping Act 2010 (14/2010), s. 8(1), commenced on enactment, and does not refer to this Act.