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IRL-1981-L-85904
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Title_of_text
Merchant Shipping Act, 1981 (No. 33 of 1981).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Ireland
Subjects (Classification)
Seafarers
Adopted on (Date of text)
1981-12-23
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Gives effect to the International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea, signed in London on the 1st November 1974. Amends and extends the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1979.
1. Interpretation.
2. Modifications of Act of 1952 and Act of 1966 for purposes of Convention of 1974.
3. Amendment of Merchant Shipping Acts in consequence of amendment of Convention of 1974.
4. Offence in respect of dangerously unsafe ship.
5. Nautical publications.
6. Amendment of section 427 of Principal Act.
7. Amendment of section 271 (2) of Principal Act.
8. Amendment of section 692 of Principal Act.
9. Fines under section 21 of Merchant Shipping Act, 1906, increased.
10. Amendment of section 18 (2) of Act of 1952.
11. Amendment of section 19 of Act of 1952.
12. Amendment of section 4 (4) of Act of 1966.
13. Transitional provisions.
14. Repeal.
15. Short title, commencement, collective citation and construction.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1983-01-25
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Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1966-07-12 (IRL-1966-L-85902)
Merchant Shipping Act, 1966 (No. 20 of 1966).
Amended text(s)
1952-12-17 (IRL-1952-L-85903)
Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1952 (No. 29 of 1952).
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1992-03-11 (IRL-1992-L-85905)
Merchant Shipping Act, 1992 (No. 2 of 1992).
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2010-07-03 (IRL-2010-L-85899)
Merchant Shipping Act, 2010 (No. 14 of 2010).
Related text(s)
1947-12-23 (IRL-1947-L-85901)
Merchant Shipping Act, 1947 (No. 46 of 1947).
Related text(s)
1996-12-14 (IRL-1996-L-85910)
Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act, 1996 (No. 35 of 1996).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line
Author
Irish Statute Book
Country
Ireland
URL
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1981/en/act/pub/0033/print.html
File
IRL85904.pdf (PDF)