Notice on the Application of Part I of the Merchant Shipping Act

Merchant Shipping APPLICATION OF PART I OF THE ORDINANCE © Government of Gibraltar (www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi) 1935-09 Subsidiary 1935.06.27-2 Notice made under s.65. APPLICATION OF PART I OF THE ACT (1935.06.27-2) 27.6.1935 Amending enactments Relevant current provisions Commencement date The Governor hereby declares that Part I of the Act shall apply to the following classes of ships and the owners, masters and crews thereof to the extent hereinafter stated, that is to say:– (a) the whole of the provisions of Part I, unless the context or subject matter requires a different application, shall apply to– (i) all sea-going ships (subject as hereinafter provided with respect to pleasure yachts) which are registered in Gibraltar or which being unregistered British ships ought to be registered under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894; and (ii) all sea-going British ships registered out of Gibraltar where the ships are employed in trading or going between Gibraltar and any port not situate in the country in which the ship is registered; (b) those provisions of Part I relating to– (i) the shipping and discharge of seamen in Gibraltar; and (ii) the lists of the crews when the crew is discharged in Gibraltar or when the final port of destination is Gibraltar, shall, unless the context or subject matter requires a different application, apply to all sea-going British ships registered out of Gibraltar; and Merchant Shipping APPLICATION OF PART I OF THE ORDINANCE © Government of Gibraltar (www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi) 1935-09 Subsidiary 1935.06.27-2 (c) the whole of the provisions of Part I except those relating to– (i) the requirement of officers to hold certificates of competency and the production of those certificates; (ii) agreements with the crew (except the provisions relating to the engagement of a seaman abroad); (iii) the compulsory discharge and payment of seamen wages before the superintendent and the compulsory delivery of an account of wages; and (iv) the deduction and payment of fines imposed under stipulations in the agreement, shall apply to pleasure yachts.