Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act, 1933

Commencement of Part II and repeal.

61.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this sub-section, this Part of this Act shall come into operation on the appointed day:

Provided that—

(a) where at the passing of this Act there is in force in respect of any ship a certificate issued under section four hundred and forty-three of the Principal Act and that certificate ceases to be in force before the appointed day; or

(b) where before the appointed day a load line certificate is issued in pursuance of this Part of this Act by or under the authority of the Minister in respect of any ship;

this Part of this Act shall come into operation with respect to that ship as from the date on which the certificate ceases to be in force or is issued, as the case may be.

(2) The enactments set out in Part II of the Second Schedule to this Act shall, to the extent specified in the second column of that Part of that Schedule, cease to have effect with respect to any ship as from the date when this Part of this Act comes into operation with respect to that ship and shall be repealed as from the appointed day.

(3) For the purpose of this section the expression “the appointed day” means such day as the Minister may, by Order, appoint.