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Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997
(c. 28)
1997 Chapter 28
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Extension of powers to deal with emergencies at sea
1.
Temporary exclusion zones.
2. Powers of intervention where shipping accident threatens
pollution.
3. Powers of intervention in cases of pollution by substances other than oil.
4.
Powers of fire authorities.
Pollution control and marine safety
5.
Waste reception facilities at harbours.
6. Indemnities in connection with counter-pollution
measures.
7. Increased penalty for causing pollution, etc.
8. Safety
regulations.
9. Inspection and detention of ships.
10. Power to require
ships to be moved.
11. Ships receiving trans-shipped fish.
12. Preparation
of plans under International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation.
Funding of maritime services
13.
Funding of maritime services.
Liability and compensation
14.
Carriage of hazardous and noxious substances.
15. Limitation of liability.
16.
Compulsory insurance.
Miscellaneous amendments of Merchant Shipping Act 1995
17.
Financial assistance for training.
18. Discharge books.
19. Powers of
general lighthouse authorities.
20. Disclosure of information to general lighthouse
authorities.
21. Certain duties not to apply to RNLI.
22. Disposal of
unclaimed wreck.
23. Retention of documents by Registrar General.
Protection of wrecks
24. Implementation
of international agreements relating to protection of wrecks.
Maritime security, etc.
25. Amendments
of Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990.
26. Piracy.
International bodies concerned with maritime matters
27.
Application of s. 1 of International Organisations Act 1968 to International Oil Pollution Compensation
Fund.
28. International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
Supplementary
29. Minor and consequential
amendments, etc.
30. Extent and application.
31. Short title, interpretation
and commencement.
SCHEDULES:
Schedule 1
-Amendments of Merchant
Shipping Act 1995 relating to inspection and detention of ships.
Schedule 2
-Funding of maritime
services.
Schedule 3
-Provisions to be inserted
as Schedule 5A to the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.
Schedule 4
-Amendments of Part III
of Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990.
Schedule 5-
Provisions of United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to be treated as part of the law of nations.
Schedule 6-
Minor and consequential
amendments.
Schedule 7-
Repeals and revocations.
Part I-
Repeals.
Part II-
Revocations.