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(1) This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Scottish Fishery Cruisers, Research Ships etc.) (Amendment) Order 1972 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1973.
(2) The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Scottish Fishery Cruisers, Research Ships etc.) Order 1960 and this Order may be cited together as the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Scottish Fishery Cruisers, Research Ships etc.) Orders 1960 and 1972.
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(1) In this Order “the principal Order” means the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Scottish Fishery Cruisers, Research Ships etc.) Order 1960 and other words and expressions shall have the same meaning as in the principal Order.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
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In article 5 of the principal Order the words from “and the bill of sale” to the end shall be deleted.
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Article 12 of the principal Order is hereby revoked.
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In article 13 of the principal Order for paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) there shall be substituted the following two paragraphs:—“
(i) the principal Act, sections 1, 2, 7(3) and (5), 8 to 12, 16, 27 to 38; 39 to 46 (so far as relating to mortgages), 58, 69, 71, 72, 74, 76, 103(4), 157, 158, 692, 693; 729(1)(d) and (3) (so far as relating to any papers or documents belonging to or in the possession of the Crown).

(ii) The Merchant Shipping Act 1970, sections 1 to 4, 7 to 10, 13, 14, 20, 31, 34 to 36, 38, 43 to 45, 47, 62 to 64, 65, 66, 68, 69 and 71;”
W.G. Agnew
