Merchant Shipping Act 2010
Confirmation of acts of Marine Casualty Investigation Board.
92.— Any acts done or purported to have been done by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board or any consultant, adviser or investigator engaged by it or purported to be engaged by it between 5 June 2002 and 29 June 2007 for the purposes of the Board’s functions under the Act of 2000 are not invalidated on the grounds—
(a) of the invalidity of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (Establishment Day) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 290 of 2002), or
(b) that the Board did not have a quorum between 25 March 2003 and 29 June 2007.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C14
Prospective affecting provision: references to "Marine Casualty Investigation Board" construed by Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Act 2025 (2/2025), s. 40(2), not commenced as of date of revision.
2. (1) In this Act—
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“MCIB” means the Marine Casualty Investigation Board established by section 7 of the Act of 2000;
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7. (1) There shall be a unit within the Department of Transport which shall be known as the Marine Accident Investigation Unit (in this Act referred to as the “MAIU”) to perform the functions assigned to it under this Act or any other enactment.
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40. (1) ...
(2) A reference to the MCIB in any enactment (other than this Act) or in the constitution of any company and relating to a function conferred on the MAIU by this Act shall, on and after the appointed day, be construed as a reference to the MAIU.