The Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993 (c. 22) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that amended and restated the law relating to the registration of ships and related matters in the United Kingdom, and made pre-consolidation amendments to the enactments relating to merchant shipping and seamen.

Provisions Repealed enactments Section 8(4) of the act repealed 32 enactments, listed in parts I and II of schedule 5 to the act.

+ Part I: Repeals consequential on this ActCitationShort titleExtent of repeal57 & 58 Vict. c. 60Merchant Shipping Act 1894Section 4(1) and (3).Sections 5 to 18.Sections 20 to 38.Sections 47 to 53B.Sections 56 to 60.Section 61(2).Sections 62 to 65.Sections 67 to 70.Sections 72 to 74.In section 422(1)(b), the words "of the port to which she belongs, and also".Section 694.Section 698.Schedule 1 Part II.61 & 62 Vict. c. 44Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act 1898Section 3.6 Edw. 7. c. 48Merchant Shipping Act 1906Sections 50 and 53.11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 8Merchant Shipping Act 1921Section 1(1)(3).1983 c. 13Merchant Shipping Act 1983Section 5.Sections 7 and 8.Section 9(1).Sections 10 and 11.The Schedule.1988 c. 12Merchant Shipping Act 1988Sections 1 to 10.In section 11(3), the words "under Part I of the 1894 Act".Sections 12 to 25.In section 47(7), the definition of "the registration enactments".Schedule 1 except paragraph 48.Schedules 2 and 3.In Schedule 6, the entries relating to the Contracts of Employment and Redundancy Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 1965; Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967; Sea Fisheries Act 1968; Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Act 1970; Fishery Limits Act 1976; Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978; Customs and Excise Management Act 1979; British Fishing Boats Act 1983; Merchant Shipping Act 1983; Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984; and Safety at Sea Act 1986.

+ Part II: Pre-consolidation RepealsCitationShort titleExtent of repeal17 & 18 Vict. c. 120Merchant Shipping Repeal Act 1854Section 7.24 & 25 Vict. c. 97Malicious Damage Act 1861Sections 47 and 48.57 & 58 Vict. c. 60Merchant Shipping Act 1894Section 75.In section 76, in subsection (1), the words from "and may award" to the end and, in subsection (2), the words "either" and "or criminally".Sections 83, 86 and 87.Section 126.In section 282(a) the words "knowingly and".Sections 284 to 286.In section 287(1), paragraphs (f) and (g).Section 356.Section 359.Sections 366 and 367.Sections 418 and 419.Section 421.Sections 427 to 433.Section 436.Sections 446 to 448 and 450.Section 458(2)(b).Sections 459 to 462.Section 478.Sections 480 to 490.Section 514.In section 515, the words "and tumultuously".In section 516(2), the words "and shall place the same in the custody of the receiver".Section 517.In section 518(a), the words "of the district".Section 526.Sections 528 and 529.Section 543.Sections 547 to 549.Section 550.In section 551(1), the words from "of the district" to "made".Section 554.Sections 558 to 565.In section 634(1), the words "and the Channel Islands", "and at Gibraltar" and "and the Isle of Man".In section 650(1), the word "guns".Section 655 (so far as in force in Northern Ireland).In section 656(2), the words from "and shall" (where first occurring) to the end.In section 667, the words "fire" and "burnt" wherever occurring together with the word "or" in conjunction with either of those words.Section 669.Section 676(1)(c).In section 677(1)(f), the words "on account of the property of deceased seamen or".Section 686(2).In section 689(3), the words from "and that officer" to the end.Section 694.Sections 698 to 700.In section 702, the words "Subject to section 703 of this Act", the words from "or criminal" to "sheriff court", and "and with imprisonment in default of payment" and the words from "or in the case" to the end.Sections 704 to 709.Section 716.Section 719.Section 724(3) and (5) except, in subsection (3), the words "may remove any surveyors of ships".Sections 733 and 734.Section 737.Schedule 20 so far as unrepealed.61 & 62 Vict. c. 44Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act 1898Section 2(3), (4) and (5).Section 7.In Schedule 3, the entry for the lighthouse on Cape Pembroke, Falkland Islands.6 Edw. 7. c. 48Merchant Shipping Act 1906Sections 2 and 6.Sections 15 and 16.Section 27.Section 44.Section 49.Section 58.Section 77.13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. 4Fees (Increase) Act 1923The whole act.15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 37Merchant Shipping (Equivalent Provisions) Act 1925The whole act.22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 9Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932Section 12.Section 27.Sections 29 to 31.Section 36.24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 18Illegal Trawling (Scotland) Act 1934Section 2.In section 6, the definitions of "fishing boat" and "voyage".12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 43Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949Sections 1 to 6.Section 19.Section 21.Section 23.Sections 27 to 30.Section 33.Section 35(4) and (6).In section 36(1), the definitions of "collision regulations", "construction rules", "principal Act", "radio navigational aid", "radio rules", "rules for direction finders", "rules for life-saving equipment", and "United Kingdom ship".Schedule 2.6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 62Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act 1958Section 11 so far as applying to the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act 1900.1964 c. 47Merchant Shipping Act 1964Section 2.Section 8.Section 10.Section 15.1965 c. 47Merchant Shipping Act 1965Section 6.1967 c. 27Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1967Sections 26, 27(2), 28 and 29.1967 c. 64Anchors and Chain Cables Act 1967The whole act.1970 c. 27Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Act 1970Section 4(4).Section 6.Section 8.In section 9(1), the definitions of "collision regulations", "fishing vessel", "radio rules", "rules for direction finders", "rules for life-saving appliances" and "rules for radio navigational aids".1970 c. 36Merchant Shipping Act 1970Section 6.In section 17, in subsection (10), the words "Ministry of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland" and, in subsection (11), the words "the Ministry of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland or".Section 19.Section 84.Section 87.Section 90.Sections 92 to 94.Section 95(6).1971 c. 59Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971Section 11(3)(a).Section 18.1971 c. 60Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971Section 18 except in its application to sections 2(1) and 3.Section 22.Section 25(1).1974 c. 43Merchant Shipping Act 1974Section 20.Section 22.In Schedule 5, in paragraph 5(g), the words from "including" to the end.1977 c. 24Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1977The whole act.1979 c. 39Merchant Shipping Act 1979Section 19(2) and (3).In section 20(3)(b), the words from "and the payment" to the end.Section 21(3)(r).Sections 46 and 47.1981 c. 10Merchant Shipping Act 1981In section 4(2) the words from the beginning to "that section; and".1984 c. 5Merchant Shipping Act 1984Section 13.1986 c. 23Safety at Sea Act 1986Sections 1 to 6.Section 9(4).In section 13(1), the definition of "fishing vessel".Section 14.1988 c. 12Merchant Shipping Act 1988Section 34.Sections 50 and 51.Section 54.Section 56.Schedule 4.In Schedule 5, paragraph 4 of the amendments of the 1894 Act.

Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 314(1) of, and schedule 12 to, the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, which came into force on 1 January 1996.

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