|
|
Licences for certain Ships, Vessels, and Boats, under 24 G. 3. c. 47. &c. shall be granted in future by the Commissioners of the Customs in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and not by the Lords of the Admiralty.
|
XXIV. ‘And Whereas by an Act of Parliament passed in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, and by several other Acts, certain Ships, Vessels, and Boats, therein particularly mentioned and described, are, in certain Cases, subject to Forfeiture, unless the Owners thereof shall have a Licence for navigating the same, from the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, or the Commissioners of the Admiralty for the Time being, or some Person authorized by them to grant the same; and it is expedient that such Licences should in future be granted only by the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Customs in England and Scotland and Ireland respectively;’ be it therefore enacted, That no Licence for the Navigation of any such Ship, Vessel, or Boat shall, from and after the passing of this Act, be granted by the Commissioners of the Admiralty for the Time being, or any Person authorized by them to grant the same; but that in every Case where by the Laws in force, on and immediately before the passing of this Act, or by virtue or in pursuance of this Act, the Owner or Owners of any Ship, Vessel, or Boat, are required to have a Licence for the Navigation thereof, the same, unless granted before the passing of this Act, by or under the Authority of the Commissioners of the Admiralty, shall be granted by the Commissioners of the Customs in England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively, or any Three of them; and the Ships, Vessels, and Boats so licensed by the said Commissioners respectively by virtue of this Act, shall be subject and liable to all the Rules, Regulations, Restrictions, Penalties, and Forfeitures, to which Ships, Vessels and Boats licensed by the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, or the Commissioners of the Admiralty, or by Persons authorized by them, were respectively subject and liable by any Act or Acts of Parliament in force on and immediately before the passing of this Act; and the Owner or Owners of every Ship, Vessel, or Boat licensed in pursuance of this Act, shall also be subject and liable to the like Securities, Penalties, and Forfeitures, to which the Owner or Owners of any Ship, Vessel, or Boat, so heretofore required to be licensed by the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain, the Commissioners of the Admiralty, or by Persons authorized by them, were subject and liable by any Act or Acts of Parliament in force on and immediately before the passing of this Act, as fully and effectually, to all Intents and Purposes, as if the said Rules, Regulations, Restrictions, Securities, Penalties, and Forfeitures, were particularly repeated and re-enacted in the Body of this Act.
|
