The Passenger Vessels Act 1823 (4 Geo. 4. c. 84) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed the earlier statutes regulating the carriage of passengers on vessels sailing from the United Kingdom to parts abroad, and made new provision in their place for the number of passengers such vessels could carry, their provisioning, and the health and safety of passengers on the voyage.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 1 of the act repealed 5 enactments, listed in that section. CitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal43 Geo. 3. c. 56Passenger Vessels Act 1803An Act passed in the Forty-third Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for regulating Vessels carrying Passengers from the United Kingdom to His Majesty’s Plantations and Settlements abroad, or to Foreign Parts, with respect to the Number of such Passengers.The whole act.53 Geo. 3. c. 36Passenger Vessels Act 1813An Act passed in the Fifty-third Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty for amending the said Act of the said Forty-third Year of His said late Majesty’s Reign.The whole act.56 Geo. 3. c. 83Passenger Traffic, Newfoundland, etc. Act 1816An Act passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act for regulating the carrying ofPassengers to and from the Island of Newfoundland and Coast of Labrador.The whole act.56 Geo. 3. c. 114Shipping Act 1816An Act passed in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to regulate the Conveyance of Passengers from the United Kingdom to the United States of America in British Vessels.The whole act.57 Geo. 3. c. 10Passenger Vessels Act 1817An Act passed in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Reign of His said late Majesty, intituled An Act to regulate the Vessels carrying Passengers from the United Kingdom to certain ofHis Majesty’s Colonies in North America.The whole act.
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by the Customs Law Repeal Act 1825 (6 Geo. 4. c. 105), which came into operation on 5 July 1826.
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