Merchant Shipping Act 1894

Duration of certificates.

278

278.(1) A passenger steamer’s certificate shall not be in force for more than one year from the date of its issue, or any shorter time specified in the certificate, nor after notice is given by the Board of Trade to the owner, agent, or master of the steamer, that the Board have cancelled it.

(2) If a passenger steamer is absent from the United Kingdom at the time when her certificate expires, a fine shall not be incurred for want of a certificate until she first begins to ply with passengers after her next return to the United Kingdom.

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Amendments:

F143

Repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1992 (2/1992), s. 4 and sch., not commenced as of date of revision.

Modifications (not altering text):

C72

Prospective affecting provision: section repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1992 (2/1992), s.4 and sch., not commenced as of date of revision.

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