Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act, 1968

Miscellaneous supplementary provisions.

27.—(1) Without prejudice to the operation of this Act, section 63 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act, 1933 , shall have effect as if any reference therein to that Act included a reference to this Act.

(2) Where a ship is detained under any provision of this Act which provides for the detention of a ship until an event specified in that provision occurs, section 460 (2) of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 , shall apply as if the ship had been finally detained under that Act.

(3) The provisions of sections 280 and 282 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 , shall have effect in relation to any certificate which can be issued under this Act as they have effect in relation to a passenger steamer's certificate.

(4) Section 436 (3) of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 , shall not have effect in relation to ships to which this Act applies, except any such ship which, by virtue of any order made or exemption conferred under this Act, is exempt from all the provisions of this Act.

(5) In proceedings in any court, a document purporting to be a certificate issued under this Act shall be admissible in evidence and shall be deemed, until the contrary is proved, to be such certificate and shall be evidence, until the contrary is proved, of the matters stated therein.