Merchant Shipping Act, 1981

Amendment of section 427 of Principal Act.

6.—Section 427 of the Principal Act (inserted by section 11 of the Act of 1952) is hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (p) of subsection (1):

“(p) the provision, in ships engaged in voyages in which pilots are likely to be embarked, of suitable pilot ladders or hoists and of ropes, lights and other appliances designed to make the use of such ladders or hoists safe, and”.