United Kingdom, coming into or proceeding to sea from a port in the United Kingdom

(a.) Shall, if entitled to a total or partial exemption from the provisions of the Convention under a certificate of exemption recognized by the Board of Trade as granted in accordance with and for the purposes of the Convention, be exempted to the same extent from the corresponding provisions of this Act; and

(b.) Shall, if on a voyage on which a British ship registered in the United Kingdom would be entitled to a total or partial exemption from the provisions of Parts II, III, or IV of this Act, be exempted to the same extent as a British ship registered in the United Kingdom would be exempted.

24. Any provisions of this Act, and of any rules made thereunder, which apply to the United Kingdom, or to ships registered in the United Kingdom, or to ports in the United Kingdom, shall apply to all British possessions other than those mentioned in the Fifth Schedule to this Act, and to ships registered in those possessions, and to ports in those possessions, as they apply to the United Kingdom, to ships registered in the United Kingdom, and to ports of the United Kingdom: Provided that

(a.) His Majesty may, by Order in Council, except any British possession from the operation of the foregoing provision, if he thinks fit, having regard to the special circumstances of the possession, and may revoke any such Order; and

(b.) His Majesty may, by Order in Council, if satisfied that the Legislature of any British possession to which this section applies have by Act or Ordinance made proper provision for carrying out the Convention as respects that possession, direct that the foregoing provision shall cease to apply to that possession; and

(c.) Such adaptations of the provisions of this Act and any rules thereunder made by Order in Council as may appear necessary to make those provisions or rules applicable in the British possession to which they apply by virtue of the foregoing provision; and

(d.) The Secretary of State may postpone the operation of the foregoing provision as respects any possession until any date not later than the 1st day of July, 1915, if he is satisfied that it is expedient to do so, having regard to the special circumstances of the possession.

25. (1.) His Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct that this Act shall apply to any British Protectorate and to the Island of Cyprus in the same manner as it applies to British possessions other than those mentioned in the Fifth Schedule to this Act.

(2.) His Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct that any provisions of this Act and of any rules made thereunder shall apply to ships registered in any port of registry outside His Majesty's dominions as they apply to ships registered in the United Kingdom, subject to any adaptations which may be made [1914. cVIII.]

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by Order in Council for the purpose of making these provisions applicable to ships registered in that port.

PART VI.-General.

26. Nothing in this Act shall subject any ship which, not being bound to a port in the United Kingdom, has been compelled to take refuge in such a port by stress of weather or force majeure to any provisions of this Act from which the ship would have been exempt in the ordinary course of the ship's voyage.

27.-(1.) Any rules made for the purposes of this Act, and all rules made under section 427 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," "* after the commencement of this Act, for any purpose, shall be laid before each House of Parliament as soon as may be after they are made; and if an address is presented to His Majesty by either House of Parliament within the next subsequent forty days on which that House has sat next after any such rules were laid before it, praying that the rules be annulled, the rules shall forthwith be void, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder or to the making of any new rule.

(2.) Before making any such rules, the Board of Trade shall give public notice of the draft of the proposed rules in such manner as they think best fitted for giving information to those concerned, and giving those concerned an opportunity of making repr esentations to the Board with respect to the rules.

(3.) Subsection (2) of section 427 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,"* is hereby repealed.

28. For the purposes of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires

The time of the commencement of the construction of a ship shall be deemed to be the time at which the keel of the ship is laid; and similar expressions shall be construed accordingly; and

The country to which ships registered in a British possession belong shall be deemed to be the British possession in which they are registered.

29.-(1.) Any provision of this Act shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any provision of the Merchant Shipping Acts or any other enactment relating to the same or similar matters.

(2.) Any reference in this Act to any provision of "The Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1913," which has been amended by any subsequent Act, or is amended by this Act, shall be construed as a reference to the provision as so amended.

(3.) In this Act the expression "the Principal Act' means "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," and the expression "the

* Vol. LXXXVI, page 801.

Merchant Shipping Acts" means "The Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1913," and this Act.

(4.) This Act may be cited as "The Merchant Shipping (Convention) Act, 1914," and shall be construed as one with the Principal Act, and "The Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1913," and this Act may be cited together as The Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1914."

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(5.) This Act shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1915:

Provided that His Majesty may, by Order in Council, from time to time postpone the coming into operation of this Act for such period not exceeding on any occasion of postponement one year, as may be specified in the Order.

SCHEDULES.

FIRST SCHEdule.

International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea.
Convention.

[For text, see page 283.]

SECOND SCHEDULE.

PART I.-Wireless Distress Call.

The following signal repeated at short intervals

Wireless Danger Call.

The following signal repeated at short intervals ten times at full power –

(TTT)

the call to be followed after an interval of one minute by the message repeated three times at intervals of ten minutes.

PART II.-Urgent and Important Signals.

You are standing into danger..

I want assistance; remain by me

Have encountered ice

Your lights are out (or burning badly)

The way is off my ship; you may feel your way

past me

Stop (or heave to); I have something important to
communicate..

I am disabled; communicate with me

THIRD SCHedule.

PART I.

Articles XVII to XXIV and XXVII and XXVIII, together with Articles 5 to 23 of the Regulations annexed to the Convention.

PART II.

Articles XXV and XXVI of the Convention, and the second paragraph of sub-section (6), the last sentence of paragraph (a), and paragraph (b) of sub-section (8), sub-sections (9) and (10), sub-section (13) (so far as it relates to regular inspection) of Article 15, the proviso contained in paragraph (b) of sub-section (1), so much of sub-section (4) as relates to side scuttles being kept closed during navigation, and sub-section (10) of Article 16, the provision as to water-tight covers contained in Article 18, and Articles 19 and 20 of the Regulations annexed to the Convention.

PART III.

Articles XXXIX to LII of the Convention, and Articles 27 to 45 of the Regulations annexed to the Convention.

PART IV.

Articles LIII to LVI of the Convention, and Articles 47 to 51 of the Regulations annexed to the Convention.

Safety Certificate Issued under the Provisions of the International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, signed at London, January 20, 1914.

Name of Ship.

Signal Letters
(International Code).

Port of Registry. Gross Tonnage.

I, the undersigned (Name)

certify:

I. That the above-mentioned ship has been duly surveyed in accordance with the provisions of the International Convention referred to above.

II. That the survey showed that the ship complied with the requirements of the said Convention as regards-

(1.) The hull, water-tight sub-division, main and auxiliary boilers and machinery :

III. That in all other respects the ship complies with the requirements of the said Convention, so far as those requirements apply thereto.

This certificate is issued under the authority of the

It will remain in force until

Government.

The undersigned declares that he is duly authorised by the said Government to issue this certificate.

Issued at

the

day of

(Signature.)