Merchant Shipping Act 1894
Transmission of documents to registrar by superintendents and other officers.
1 & 2 Vict. c. 94.
40 & 41 Vict. c. 55.
256.—(1) All superintendents and all officers of customs shall take charge of all documents which are delivered or transmitted to or retained by them in pursuance of this Act, and shall keep them for such time (if any) as may be necessary for the purpose of settling any business arising at the place where the documents come into their hands, or for any other proper purpose, and shall, if required, produce them for any of those purposes, and shall then transmit them to the Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen, and he shall record and preserve them, and they shall be admissible in evidence in manner provided by this Act, and they shall, on payment of a moderate fee fixed by the Board of Trade, or without payment if the Board so direct, be open to the inspection of any person.
(2) The documents aforesaid shall be public records and documents within the meaning of the Public Record Office Acts, 1838 and 1877, and these Acts shall, where applicable, apply to those documents in all respects, as if specifically referred to therein.
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E101
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).
E102
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).
E103
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.