THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 21, 1936.
STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS
1936 No. 266
MERCHANT SHIPPING
Load Line
THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (NETHERLANDS LOAD LINE
CERTIFICATES) ORDER, 1936.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
THE 24TH DAY OF MARCH, 1936.
PRESENT,
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
Whereas by Section 445 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (a) (hereinafter called "the principal Act") it was enacted that where the Board of Trade certify that the laws and regulations 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 provisions 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 11th day of June, 1910, (b) after reciting that the Board of Trade had certified that certain statutory regulations which had been approved by the Netherlands Government relating to over- loading so far as regards the assignment of load lines to Nether- lands 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 Netherlands ships had complied with the aforesaid Netherlands regulations such ships should not, when in ports of the United Kingdom, be liable to deten- tion for non-compliance with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts relating to overloading nor should there arise any liability to any fine or penalty which would otherwise arise for non-compliance with those provisions:
(a) 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60.
(b) S.R. & O. 1910 (No. 671) p. 475.
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