THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS.
(2) Any reference in the Merchant Shipping Acts or in any other Act or document to any of those schedules shall be construed as a reference to the corresponding regulations, scales, conditions, or forms prescribed by the Board of Trade under this section.
Power to Legislature to legislate as to Inquiries into Shipping Casualties and Charges against Officers.
M. S. ACT, 1894, (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60 s. 478).
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478.--(1) The Legislature of any British possession may authorise any Court or tribunal to make inquiries as to shipwrecks, or other casualties affecting ships, or as to charges of incompetency, or misconduct on the part of masters, mates, or engineers of ships, in the following cases; namely,-
(a) where a shipwreck or casualty occurs to a British ship on or near the coasts of the British possession or to a British ship in the course of a voyage to a port within the British possession:
(b) where a shipwreck or casualty occurs in any part of the world to a British ship registered in the British possession:
(c) where some of the crew of a British ship which has been wrecked or to which a casualty has occurred, and who are competent witnesses to the facts, are found in the British possession:
(d) where the incompetency or misconduct has occurred on board a British ship on or near the coasts of the British possession, or on board a British ship in the course of a voyage to a port within the British possession:
(e) where the incompetency or misconduct has occurred on board a British ship registered in the British possession:
(f) when the master, mate, or engineer of a British ship who is charged with incompetency or misconduct on board that British ship is found in the British possession.
(2) A Court or tribunal so authorised shall have the same jurisdiction over the matter in question as if it had occurred within their ordinary jurisdiction, but subject to all provisions, restrictions, and conditions which would have been applicable if it had so occurred.
(3) An inquiry shall not be held under this section into any matter which has once been the subject of an investigation or inquiry and has been reported on by a competent Court or tribunal in any part of Her Majesty's dominions, or in respect of which the certificate of a master, mate, or engineer has been cancelled or suspended by a Naval Court.
(4) Where an investigation or inquiry has been commenced in the United Kingdom with reference to any matter, an inquiry with reference
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