Merchant Shipping Act 1894
Posting up of certificate.
281.—(1) The owner or master of every passenger steamer required to have a passenger steamer’s certificate shall forthwith on the receipt of the certificate by him or his agent cause one of the duplicates to be put up in some conspicuous place on board the steamer, so as to be legible to all persons on board, and to be kept so put up and legible while the certificate remains in force, and the steamer is in use.
(2) If the owner or master fails without reasonable cause to comply with this section, he shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.
(3) If a passenger steamer plies or goes to sea with passengers on board, and this section is not complied with, then for each offence the owner thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, and the master shall also be liable to a further fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
Annotations:
Amendments:
F146
Repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1992 (2/1992), s. 4 and sch., not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C80
Prospective affecting provision: section repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1992 (2/1992), s.4 and sch., not yet commenced.
281.—F146[…]
C81
Application of section extended (14.05.1967) by Merchant Shipping Act 1966 (20/1966), s. 4(6)(a), S.I. No. 54 of 1967.
Cargo ship safety construction certificates and exemption certificates.
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(6) In relation to a certificate issued or extended under this section by a person authorised by the Minister—
(a) the provisions applied by section 27 (8) of the Act of 1952 (which relate to the transmission, cancellation, surrender, posting-up and falsification of certificates issued by the Minister), except section 276 of the Principal Act (transmission of certificates), and
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shall apply as they apply in relation to certificates issued by the Minister, but so much of section 6 of the Act of 1952 as requires fees to be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer shall not apply.
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C82
Application of section extended (19.11.1953) by Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1952 (29/1952), s. 27(8), S.I. No. 338 of 1953.
Miscellaneous provisions as to surveys and certificates.
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(8) The following provisions of the Principal Act shall apply to and in relation to certificates issued by the Minister, and ships certified, under this Act in the same manner as they apply to and in relation to passenger steamers' certificates and passenger steamers, namely, section 276 (which relates to the transmission of a certificate to the owner of the steamer), section 279 (which relates to the cancellation of certificates), section 280 (which relates to the surrender of certificates no longer in force), section 281 (which relates to the posting up of a certificate on board) and section 282 (which relates to the forging and falsification of certificates).
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Editorial Notes:
E118
A fine of £10 translates into a Class D fine, not exceeding €1,000, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3 and 7, table ref. no. 8, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.
E119
A fine of £100 translates into a Class A fine, not exceeding €5,000, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3 and 4, table ref. no. 8, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.
E120
A fine of £20 translates into a Class C fine, not exceeding €2,500, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3 and 6, table ref. no. 8, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.
E121
Previous affecting provision: application of section extended by Merchant Shipping (Convention) Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5) c. 50, s. 11(2), not commenced as per s. 29(5) prior to Independence because of repeated Orders in Council postponing commencement and not commenced subsequently; repealed (3.11.1933) by Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1933 (42/1933), s. 67(2) and sch. 2 part III, commenced on enactment.