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Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Regulations.
[1969 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
G.N.A. 14/61.
G.N.A. 22/61. G.N.A. 128/61. L.N. 90/65.
MERCHANT SHIPPING (LIFE SAVING APPLIANCES).
REGULATIONS.
(Cap. 281, section 38).
[12th November, 1965.]
Citation.
Interpretation, application and construction.
(S.I. 602/58.)
(57 & 58 Vict. c. 60.)
(12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 43.)
1.
These regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Regulations.
2. (1) For the purposes of these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
"approved" in relation to life saving appliances of any kind referred to in these regulations means approved by the Director;
"pilgrim trade" means the conveyance to or from any port in the Red Sea of Mohammedan pilgrims going to or returning from the Hedjaz;
"River Trade Limits" means-
(a) the waters in the vicinity of the Colony within the following boundaries-
(i) to the East, meridian 114° 30′ East;
(ii) to the South, parallel 22° 9′ North;
(iii) to the West, meridian 113° 31′ East; and
(b) all inland waterways in the provinces of Kwangtung and Kwangsi on the mainland of China to which access can be obtained by water from the area defined in paragraph (a);
"Rules" means the Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Rules 1958 made by the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, in the United Kingdom, in exercise of powers conferred by section 427 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, as substituted by section 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949, and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and any such rules amending the same;
"Simla Rule ship" means a passenger steamer which is engaged or about to be engaged on any international voyage involving the carriage at any one time of more than fifty unberthed passengers-
(a) in the pilgrim trade to or from any country which for the time being accedes to the Simla Rules 1931, made pursuant to the provisions of the International Convention...