Maritime Transport Act 1994

Consequential amendments, transitional provisions, and repeals

475: Ships detained under Shipping and Seamen Act 1952 or Marine Pollution Act 1974

You could also call this:

"Ships detained under old laws will still be detained and follow the old rules."

If you have a ship that was being detained under the Shipping and Seamen Act 1952, it will still be detained after this Act is repealed. The rules from the Shipping and Seamen Act 1952 about detention will still apply to your ship, even though the Act is no longer in force. You can find more information about the repeal of the Shipping and Seamen Act 1952 in section 202.

If you have a ship that was being detained under the Marine Pollution Act 1974, it will still be detained after this Act is repealed. The rules from the Marine Pollution Act 1974 about detention will still apply to your ship, even though the Act is no longer in force. You can find more information about the repeal of the Marine Pollution Act 1974 in section 481.

The detention of your ship will continue as if the old Acts were still in force, until the detention is lifted according to the rules of the old Acts.

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474: Levies under Marine Pollution Act 1974, or

"Paying levies under the old marine pollution law still applies"

476: Applications for permits under Marine Pollution Act 1974, or

"Applying for a permit to protect the sea from pollution"

Part 31Consequential amendments, transitional provisions, and repeals

475Ships detained under Shipping and Seamen Act 1952 or Marine Pollution Act 1974

Every ship that was, immediately before the repeal of the Shipping and Seamen Act 1952 by section 202, subject to detention under that Act shall remain subject to such detention after the repeal of that Act and the provisions of that Act relating to such detention shall continue to apply in respect of that ship as if that Act had not been repealed.
Every ship that is, immediately before the repeal of the Marine Pollution Act 1974 by section 481, subject to detention under that Act shall remain subject to such detention after the repeal of that Act and the provisions of that Act relating to such detention shall continue to apply in respect of that ship as if that Act had not been repealed.