Marine Safety Act 2003
The following shall be inserted in Part IV of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21) (safety) after section 108 (births and deaths)—
Before Schedule 4 to that Act there shall be inserted new Schedule 3A set out in Schedule 1 to this Act.
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Section 3 of the Fire Services Act 1947 (c. 41) (fire authority: supplementary powers) shall be amended as follows.
In subsection (1)(e) (purposes other than fire-fighting) after “suitable” insert “(whether in their area, in another authority’s area or at sea (whether or not within the territorial sea of the United Kingdom))”.
After subsection (4) (charges) insert—
At the end of section 37 of the Fire Services Act 1947 (c. 41) (Isles of Scilly) there shall be added “; and for the purposes of section 3(4A) the Council is a fire authority in England.”
Schedule 2 (minor and consequential amendments) shall have effect.
The enactments listed in Schedule 3 are hereby repealed to the extent specified.
This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the date on which it is passed.
This Act extends to the whole of the United Kingdom.
But section 2 extends to England and Wales only.
This Act may be cited as the Marine Safety Act 2003.
Section 1
Section 3
The following shall be inserted after section 6 of the Dangerous Vessels Act 1985 (saving)—
The following provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 shall cease to have effect—
sections 100C to 100E (movement of ship), and
sections 137 to 141 (pollution directions).
Section 3 Short title and chapter Extent of repeal Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21) Sections 100C to 100E. Sections 137 to 141. Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28) Section 2. Section 3. Section 10.