Merchant Shipping Act, 1894

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	Appointment of consultative committee for framing rules.	429. [¹] —(1) For the purpose of preparing and advising on the rules for life-saving appliances, the Board of Trade may appoint a committee, the members of which shall be nominated by the Board in accordance with the Seventeenth Schedule to this Act.
		(2) A member of the committee shall hold office for two years from the date of his appointment, but shall be eligible for re-appointment.
		(3) There shall be paid to the members of the committee, out of the Mercantile Marine Fund, such travelling and other allowances as the Board of Trade may fix.
		(4) Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, alter the Seventeenth Schedule to this Act.
		[¹ See note, p. 584.]