Merchant Shipping Act 1894
Collision regulations.
418.—(1) Her Majesty may, on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade, by Order in Council, make regulations for the prevention of collisions at sea, and may thereby regulate the lights to be carried and exhibited, the fog signals to be carried and used, and the steering and sailing rules to be observed, by ships, and those regulations (in this Act referred to as the collision regulations), shall have effect as if enacted in this Act.
(2) The collision regulations, together with the provisions of this Part of this Act relating thereto, or otherwise relating to collisions, shall be observed by all foreign ships within British jurisdiction, and in any case arising in a British court concerning matters arising within British jurisdiction foreign ships shall, so far as respects the collision regulations and the said provisions of this Act, be treated as if they were British ships.
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Modifications (not altering text):
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Application of subs. (1) extended (1.08.1936) by Air Navigation and Transport Act 1936 (40/1936), s. 58(1), commenced on enactment.
Application to seaplanes of certain provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts, relating to collisions at sea and signals of distress.
58. (1) The power conferred by sub-section (1) of section 418 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, to make regulations for the prevention of collisions at sea shall include power to make regulations for the prevention of collisions at sea—
(a) between seaplanes on the surface of the water, and
(b) between vessels and seaplanes on the surface of the water;and accordingly the said section 418, and sections 419, 421 and 424 of the said Act, as amended by any subsequent enactment, shall apply in relation to seaplanes on the surface of the water as they apply in relation to ships or vessels, subject however to the following modifications, that is to say:—
(i) for the purpose of sub-section (2) of the said section 418, and for the purposes of the said section 424, sections 418, 419, 421, and 424 of the said Act shall be deemed to be the only provisions of Part V of the said Act relating to collision regulations or otherwise relating to collisions, and
(ii) any references in the said section 419 to the master or to the person in charge of the deck shall be construed as references to the pilot or other person on duty in charge of the seaplane.
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References construed (22.12.1953) by Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (Adaptation) Order 1953 (S.I. No. 398 of 1953), regs. 4-6.
4. The reference in subsection (1) of section 418 of the Act to " the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade " shall be construed as a reference to the recommendation of the Minister for Industry and Commerce.
5. The references in subsection (2) of section 418 and in section 424 of the Act to "British jurisdiction" and "British court" shall be construed as references to "the jurisdiction of the State" and "a court in the State," respectively.
6. The references in subsection (2) of section 418 and in section 424 of the Act to "British ships" shall be construed as references to Irish ships.
Editorial Notes:
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Certain breaches of regulations made under section specified as criminal offences (4.04.2006) by Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 (8/2006), s. 79(2), commenced on enactment.
E211
Power pursuant to section exercised (11.12.2012) by Merchant Shipping (Collision Regulations) (Ships and Water Craft on the Water) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 507 of 2012).
E212
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (19.01.2005) by Collision Regulations (Ships and Water Craft on The Water) (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 47 of 2005), in effect as per art. 1(2); revoked (11.12.2012) by Merchant Shipping (Collision Regulations) (Ships and Water Craft on the Water) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 507 of 2012), art. 7(d).
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Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.10.1993) by Collision Regulations (Ships and Water Craft on The Water) (Amendment) Order 1993 (S.I. No. 287 of 1993), in effect as per art. 1(2); revoked (11.12.2012) by Merchant Shipping (Collision Regulations) (Ships and Water Craft on the Water) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 507 of 2012), art. 7(c).
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Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (15.02.1990) by Collision Regulations (Ships and Water Craft on The Water) (Amendment) Order 1990 (S.I. No. 36 of 1990), in effect as per art. 1(2); revoked (11.12.2012) by Merchant Shipping (Collision Regulations) (Ships and Water Craft on the Water) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 507 of 2012), art. 7(b).
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Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (7.02.1984) by Collision Regulations (Ships and Water Craft on The Water) Order 1984 (S.I. No. 29 of 1984), art. 8, in effect as per art. 1(2); revoked (11.12.2012) by Merchant Shipping (Collision Regulations) (Ships and Water Craft on the Water) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 507 of 2012), art. 7(a).
E216
Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (15.07.1977) by Collision Regulations (Ships and Water Craft on The Water) Order 1977 (S.I. No. 229 of 1977), in effect as per art. 1(2); revoked (7.02.1984) by Collision Regulations (Ships and Water Craft on The Water) Order 1984 (S.I. No. 29 of 1984), art. 8, in effect as per art. 1(2).
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Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (29.10.1975) by Collision Regulations (Ships and Seaplanes on The Water) (Amendment) Order 1975 (S.I. No. 253 of 1975); revoked (15.07.1977) by Collision Regulations (Ships and Water Craft on The Water) Order 1977 (S.I. No. 229 of 1977), art. 8, in effect as per art. 1(2).
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Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.09.1965) by Collision Regulations (Ships and Seaplanes on The Water) Order 1965 (S.I. No. 185 of 1965), in effect as per art. 1(2); revoked (15.07.1977) by Collision Regulations (Ships and Water Craft on The Water) Order 1977 (S.I. No. 229 of 1977), art. 8, in effect as per art. 1(2).
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Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.01.1954) by Collision Regulations (Ships and Seaplanes on The Water) Order 1953 (S.I. No. 399 of 1953), in effect as per reg. 1(2); revoked (1.09.1965) by Collision Regulations (Ships and Seaplanes on The Water) Order 1965 (S.I. No. 185 of 1965), art. 8, in effect as per art. 1(2).