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Merchant Shipping Act 1970

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94Power to extend Act to certain territories outside the United Kingdom, and to ships registered therein

Her Majesty may by Order in Council give with respect to any of the following territories, that is to say—

(a)the Isle of Man ;

(b)any of the Channel Islands ;

(c)any colony;

(d)any territory outside Her Majesty's dominions in which for the time being Her Majesty has jurisdiction ;

either or both of the following directions—

(i)that such of the provisions of this Act and of regulations and rules made thereunder as may be specified in the Order shall apply to ships registered in that territory and to masters and seamen employed in them, with such exceptions, adaptations or modifications as may be specified in the Order, as they apply to ships registered in the United Kingdom and to masters and seamen employed in them ;

(ii)that such of the provisions of this Act and of any regulations and rules made thereunder as may be specified in the Order shall extend to that territory, with such exceptions, adaptations or modifications as may be specified in the Order, as part of the law of that territory.

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