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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH SEPTEMBER, 1885.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 364.
The following copy of an Order of the Queen in Council, giving effect to Revised Regulations for preventing Collisions at Sea, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th September, 1885.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
AT THE COURT AT BALMORAL,
The 9th day of September, 1884.
PRESENT,
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by "The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862," it was enacted that, on and after the first day of June. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, or such later day as might be fixed for the purpose by Order in Council, the Regulations contained in the Table marked C. in the Schedule to the said Act should come into operation and be of the same force as if they were enacted in the body of the said Act. but that Her Majesty might from time to time, on the joint recommen- dation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade, by Order in Council annul or modify any of the said Regulations, or make new Regulations in addition thereto, or in substitution therefor: and that any alterations, in, or additions to such Regulations, made in manner aforesaid, should be of the same force as the Regulations in the said Schedule:
And whereas by the same Act it was further provided that, whenever it should be made to appear to Her Majesty that the Government of any foreign country was willing that the Regulations for preventing collisions contained in Table C. in the Schedule to the said Act, or such other Regulations, for preventing collisions as are for the time being in force under the said Act, should apply to the ships of such Country when beyond the limits of British jurisdiction, Her Majesty might, by Order in Council, direct that such Regulations should apply to the ships of the said foreign Country, whether within British jurisdiction or not:
And whereas it was further provided by the said Act that, whenever an Order in Council had been issued applying any Regulation made by, or in pursuance of, the said Act to the ships of any foreign Country, such ships should in all cases arising in any British Court be deemed to be subject to such Regulation, and should, for the purpose of such Regulation, be treated as if they were British ships:
And whereas by an Order in Council * made in pursuance of the said recited Act, and dated the eleventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, Her Majesty was pleased to direct that, on and after the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, the Regulations contained in the Schedule thereto should, so far as regards British ships and boats, be substituted for the Regulations then in force:
And whereas since the date of the above-named Order in Council, bearing date the eleventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that the Government of the French Republic are willing that the said Regulations appended to the said Order, and to this Order, shall apply to French ships when beyond the limits of British jurisdiction:
Now, therefore. Her Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in Her by the said recited Act, and by and with the advice and consent of Her Privy Council, is pleased to direct that the said Regulations appended to the said Order in Council bearing date the eleventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and to this Order, shall, from the date hereof, apply to ships belonging to the said Republic of France whether within British jurisdiction or not, and shall be substituted, as regards French ships and boats. for the Regulations contained in the First Schedule to the Order in Council of the fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
C. L. PEEL.
*See page 853 of the Government Gazette for 1881.
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