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Updated to 23 October 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)

Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1933
No. 42 of 1933

Contents

Commencement

Section Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
 Commencement Information
Ss. 1-36   1 January 1934 The Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Order 1933 (S.I. No. 174 of 1933)
Ss. 37-61 subject to the provisions of s. 61(1) 1 January 1934  The Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Order 1933 (S.I. No. 174 of 1933)
Ss. 62-67  3 November 1933 Commenced on enactment

Amendments and other effects

How Affected Affecting Provision
Ss. 1-57 repealed 17/1968, s.31, sch.
S. 58(1) in part repealed 29/1952, s.8, sch. 1
S. 58(2) repealed 17/1968, s.31, sch.
Ss. 59-62 repealed 17/1968, s.31, sch.
S. 63 applic. of 17/1968, s.27 (1)
S. 63 modified 29/1952, s.47 (3)
Ss. 64-66 repealed 17/1968, s.31, sch.

SIs made under the Act

SectionSIs made under the Act
S. 4 Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Rules 1938 (S.I. No. 155 of 1938)
S. 5 Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Rules 1938 (S.I. No. 155 of 1938)
S. 7  Merchant Shipping (Wireless Telegraphy) Rules 1939 (S.I. No. 318 of 1939)
S. 15(3) Merchant Shipping (Forms of Safety Convention Certificates) Rules 1935 (S.I. No. 141 of 1935)
S.16 Merchant Shipping (Validity of Safety Convention and Load Line Convention Certificates) Regulations 1933 (S.I. No. 175 of 1933)
S. 24(2) Merchant Shipping (Distress and Urgency Signals and Danger Warnings) Rules 1936 (S.I. No. 298 of 1936)
S. 25(2) Merchant Shipping (Distress and Urgency Signals and Danger Warnings) Rules 1936 (S.I. No. 298 of 1936)
S. 37(2)(c) Merchant Shipping (Load Line Exemption) Order 1933 (S.I. No. 4 of 1934)
S. 39 Load Line Rules 1935 (S.I. No. 14 of 1935)
S. 47 Merchant Shipping (Particulars of Depth of Loading, Etc.) Regulations 1936 (S.I. No. 322 of 1936)
S. 49 The Merchant Shipping (Validity of Safety Convention and Load Line Convention Certificates) Regulations 1933 (S.I. No. 175 of 1933)
S. 57 Merchant Shipping (Timber Cargo) Regulations 1936 (S.I. No. 189 of 1936)
S. 62 The Load Line Rules 1935 (S.I. No. 14 of 1935)