THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 17, 1936.
STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS, 1935,
No. 851,
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
Load Line.
THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (GERMAN LOAD LINE CERTIFICATES) ORDER, 1935.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
THE 13TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1935.
PRESENT,
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
Whereas by Section 445 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (hereinafter called "the principal Act') it was enacted that where the Board of Trade certify that the laws and regula- tions for the time being in force in any foreign country and relating to overloading and improper loading are equally effective with the provisions of the principal Act relating thereto His Majesty in Council may direct that on proof of a ship of that country having complied with those laws and regulations she shall not when in a port of the United Kingdom be liable to detention for non-compliance with the said provi- sions of the principal Act nor shall there arise any liability to any fine or penalty which would otherwise arise for non- compliance with those provisions :
And whereas by an Order in Council dated the 21st day of November, 1908, after reciting that the Board of Trade had certified that certain statutory regulations which had been approved by the German Government relating to overloading so far as regards the assignment of load lines to German ships were equally effective with the corresponding regulations in force in the United Kingdom respecting the assignment of load lines to British merchant ships it was directed that on proof that German ships had complied with the aforesaid German regulations such ships should not, when in ports of the United Kingdom, be liable to detention for non-compliance with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts relating to overload- ing nor should there arise any liability to any fine or penalty which would otherwise arise for non-compliance with those provisions :
And whereas by sub-section (2) of Section 67 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act, 1932 (hereinafter called "the Act") it was amongst other things enacted that Section four hundred and forty-five of the principal Act should be repealed as from the appointed day subject to a proviso that any Order in Council in force immediately before the appointed day under Section four hundred and forty-four or Section four hundred and forty-five of the principal Act should, until revoked, continue to have effect as if for references in the Order to Part V of the principal Act or to the provisions of the principal Act relating to over- loading or improper loading as the case might be there were
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