Merchant Shipping Act, 1906

Provisions as to superintendents, &c.

74.(1) In the United Kingdom, all superintendents, deputies, clerks, and servants in mercantile marine offices shall be appointed and removable by the Board of Trade, and all superintendents, whether appointed before or after the commencement of this Act, shall, in carrying into effect the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts, be subject to the control of, and obey directions given by, the Board of Trade, except as respects any matter which, under those Acts or any Order in Council made thereunder, is subject to the control of any other Government Department, and the power of removal by this section conferred on the Board of Trade shall be exerciseable by the Board as respects superintendents, deputies, clerks, and servants appointed before the commencement of this Act.

(2) In subsection (1) of section two hundred and forty-four of the principal Act the words “such of the provisions of this Act as relate to their powers and duties” shall be substituted for the words “this Act.”