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Chapter,

1949 c. 43.

1964 c. 47.

1965 c. 47,

Short Title.

Extent of Repeal,

The Merchant Shipping:Sections 18 and 20, as extended

(Safety Convention)| Act 1949.

to Hong Kong by the Mer- chant Shipping Safety Con- vention (Hong Kong) No. 1 Order 1953).

In subsection (1) of section 29, as extended to Hong Kong by the Merchant Shipping Safely Convention (Hong Kong) No. 1 Order 1953(0), paragraph (c) and the words from "unless in the CASE of" to "Governor otherwise orders",

The Merchant Shipping!Section 14, as extended to

Act 1964.

Hong Kong by the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) (Hong Kong) Order 1953(b)

The Merchant Shipping Section 2, and, in Schedule 1,

Act 1965.

(0) 2.1. 1951):59 (195) 1. p. 1073)

(1) M.C. 1965/2011 01963 ITIL, p. 5899),

as extended to Hong Kong by the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) (Hong Kong) Order 1967(c), the entry relating to the Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1933,

DUTIABLE COMMODITIES ORDINANCE. (Chapter 109).

Resolution made and passed by the Legislative Council on the 8th day of April 1970.

Resolved, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 of

the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance, as follows- That the Resolution of the Legislative Council, published as Legal Notice Number 102 of 1967, be amended with effect from 0001 hours on Thursday, the 9th day of April 1970, by deleting paragraph (b) and substituting the following-

"(5) heavy oil-

(i) diesel oil for road

vehicles

(i) other heavy oils

$1.30 per gallon 10 cents per gallon.",

8th April 1970.

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

Explanatory Note,

(This Note is not part of the Order),

The Merchant Shipping (Laad Lines) Act 1967 makes further provision as to load lines and related matters and increases certain penalties. under the Merchant Shipping Acts 1994-1965 relating to passenger steamers. Ti enabled the United Kingdom to give effect to the International Conven- Lion on Load Lines, 1966. Section 28(1) of the Act provides that Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that the provisions of the Act shall extend to (inter alia) any colony, with exceptions, adaptations or modifications.

2. This Order provides for the extension of the Act to Hong Kong with modifications and adaptations, and the Act as modified and adapted is set out in the Schedule to the Order. This Order will enable the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 to be extended to Hong Koop.