Merchant Shipping Act, 1981

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Amendment of section 4 (4) of Act of 1966.

12.—(1) (a) Where the period of five years is specified in a cargo ship safety construction certificate as that for which the certificate is to remain in force, the section shall not apply as regards the certificate.

(b) Where a period of less than five years is specified in a cargo ship safety construction certificate as being that for which the certificate is to remain in force, the Minister shall not exercise the power conferred on him by the section so as to provide that the aggregate of the period so specified and any extension or extensions of that period under the section exceeds a period of five years.

(2) In this section—

“cargo ship safety construction certificate” means a cargo ship safety construction certificate within the meaning of the Act of 1966;

“the section” means section 4 (4) of the Act of 1966.