The Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) (Guernsey) Order 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/2150
• Sections: 6

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) (Guernsey) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st December 1990.

Section 2

In this Order the expression “the Bailiwick” means the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the territorial waters adjacent thereto.

Section 3

It is hereby directed that the provisions of—

(a) sections 3, 28 and 37 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 , and

(b) sections 10(1) and 19(2) and (3) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1964,

shall extend to the Bailiwick with the exceptions, adaptations and modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order.

Section 1

Any reference to an enactment shall be construed, unless the contrary intention appears, as a reference to that enactment as it has effect in the Bailiwick.

Section 2

(1) Section 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 shall be modified in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

(2) In subsection (2), for the words—

(a) in paragraph (a), “United Kingdom”, and

(b) in paragraph (b), “United Kingdom or the territorial waters thereof”,

there shall be substituted the word “Bailiwick”.

(3) In subsection (6), for the words “United Kingdom” there shall be substituted the word “Bailiwick”.

(4) At the end there shall be added the following subsections:

(7) In this section, “radio navigational aid” means radio apparatus on board a ship being apparatus designed for the purpose of determining the position or direction of ships or other objects.

(8) Rules made under this section shall not have effect until registered in the Royal Court of Guernsey.

Section 3

In section 37 of that Act of 1949, subsection (1) shall be omitted.