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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1991No. 1703
MERCHANT SHIPPING
The Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (Bermuda) Order 1991
Made
24th July 1991
Laid before Parliament
1st August 1991
Coming into force
22nd August 1991
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 24th day of July 1991
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 56 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988[1], is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (Bermuda) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 22nd August 1991.
2. Subject to the modifications specified in Article 7 of and in Schedule 1 to this Order, the provisions of sections 1-9, 30-31, 34-35, 48, 50-51, 53-54, 57 and 58 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 and Schedule 4 to that Act shall extend to Bermuda as part of the law thereof.
3. Subject to the modifications specified in Article 7 of and in Schedule 1 to this Order, Schedule 5 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 in so far as it relates to the Merchant Shipping Act 1894[2], and the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971[3] shall extend to Bermuda as part of the law thereof.
4. Subject to the modifications specified in Article 7 of this Order, Schedule 6 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 in so far as it relates to the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 shall extend to Bermuda as part of the law thereof.
5. Subject to the modifications specified in Article 7 of and in Schedule 1 to this Order, Schedule 7 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 in so far as it relates to the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971 and the Merchant Shipping Act 1974[4] shall extend to Bermuda as part of the law thereof.
6. Subject to the modifications specified in Article 7 of and in Schedule 2 to this Order, section 10 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 and Schedule 1 to that Act shall extend to Bermuda as part of the law thereof.
7. Any reference in this Order to the Merchant Shipping Acts shall be construed as a reference to those Acts as they extend to or apply in Bermuda, and shall include reference to the Bermuda Merchant Shipping Act 1979[5], and any reference to a particular Merchant Shipping Act or to provisions thereof shall be construed as a reference to that Act or to those provisions as it extends or they extend to Bermuda as amended by the said Bermuda Merchant Shipping Act.
8. The Registrar of Shipping for Bermuda shall furnish the Secretary of State with such information with respect to-
(a) the registration of ships under Part I of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 Act in Bermuda, or
(b) other matters relating to merchant shipping,
as the Secretary of State may from time to time require, and such information shall be furnished at such time or times and in such manner as the Secretary of State may require.
9. The Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (Bermuda) Order 1989[6]is hereby revoked.
