Merchant Shipping Act (with its variations) is a stockshort title used inMalaysia and theUnited Kingdom for legislation relating tomerchant shipping.
Merchant shipping acts and regulations also exist as well in other countries, and they are sometimes referred to as "Merchant Shipping Act" such as inMalta,India,Singapore,Kenya andSouth Africa. Each country has its specific rules regarding merchant shipping.
TheMerchant Shipping Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60) consolidated a large number of previous merchant shipping laws into a single, large act.
Laws it repealed included:
| Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and others) Act 1900 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, with respect to the Liability of Shipowners and others. |
| Citation | 63 & 64 Vict. c. 32 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 6 August 1900 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | |
Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and others) Act 1900 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, fromlegislation.gov.uk. | |
TheMerchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and others) Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. 32) introduced new rules relating to the liability of shipowners and the liability of harbour conservation authorities. The section on liability of shipowners was superseded by theMerchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act 1958, but the other sections remain in force.
Each Merchant Shipping Act defines acollective title beginning "Merchant Shipping Acts", including itself and other acts whose short titles include "Merchant Shipping"; for example "The Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1994". The earliest act included is always the Merchant Shipping Act 1894.