5.
LONG TERM
(b)
(i)
Under Section 735(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, it is within the power of a Colonial legislature to alter. the provisions of the Act.
(ii) Similarly, power to exempt British ships
registered outside the UK from certain provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts is contained in Section 2 of the
Merchant Shipping (Equivalent Provisions) Act 1925.
(iii) I therefore seek your advice as to the
legal implications (and in particular, any disadvantages to Hong Hong) if the Colony were allowed to "go it alone" under the provision of either these Sections.
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If we could discuss these two questions with the papers, I should be grateful. I have copies available of the legislation quoted above.
23 June 1971
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J A Clewley
Hong Kong Department