Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act, 1968
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Subdivision load lines. |
24.—(1) Where in pursuance of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea signed in London on the 17th day of June, 1960, a passenger steamer to which this Act applies, being a registered ship, is marked with subdivision load lines, and the lowest of those lines is lower than the line which, apart from this subsection, would be the appropriate load line for the purposes of section 5 of this Act, the said section 5 shall have effect as if that subdivision load line were the appropriate load line for the purposes of that section. | |
(2) Where in pursuance of the Convention aforesaid or any law of any country made for the purpose of giving effect to that Convention, a passenger steamer to which this Act applies, not being a registered ship, is marked with subdivision load lines, and the lowest of those load lines is lower than the line which, apart from this subsection, would be the appropriate load line for the purposes of section 15 of this Act, that section shall have effect as if that subdivision load line were the appropriate load line for the purposes of that section. | ||
(3) In this section “passenger steamer” has the meaning assigned to it by section 43 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1952 . |