
1 
This Order may be cited as the 
Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Isle of Man) Order 1980
and shall come into operation on 13th November 1980.
2 

(1) The provisions of the 
Merchant Shipping Act 1979 referred to in 
paragraph (2) below shall extend to the Isle
of Man with such modifications as are specified in the Schedule to this Order.

(2) The provisions referred to in 
paragraph (1) above are 
sections 14, 17, 
18, 19(1), 
50 and 52 of, and 
Schedules 3, 4, 
5 and Part I of Schedule 7
to, the said Act.
N.E. Leigh
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE
1 
In the Merchant
Shipping Act 1979, as extended to the Isle
of Man by this Order:—
(a) “Governor”
 has the same meaning as in the 
Interpretation Act 1976 (an Act of Tynwald);

(b) “Governor
in Council” means the Governor
acting on the advice and with the concurrence of the Executive Council of
the Isle of Man; and
(c) any reference to an enactment of Tynwald
shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or replaced
by or under any other enactment of Tynwald.
2 
In section 14:—

(i) in subsection
(1), for the words “United Kingdom”
 there shall be substituted the words “Isle of Man”

(ii) subsections
(4) and (5)
shall be mitted;
(iii) in subsection
(6), the words “or in any modification
made by virtue of subsection (4)
or (5) of this section”
 and the words “, or as the case may be the modification,”
 shall be omitted;
(iv) in subsection
(7), after the words “the Crown”
, in both places where they occur, there shall be inserted the words 
“and the Government of the Isle of Man”; and
(v) after subsection
(7) there shall be inserted the following provision:—
“
(8) In this section, “Government of the Isle of Man” includes every Board of Tynwald and every Statutory Board;
and the expression “Statutory Board”
 has the meaning assigned thereto by 
section 3 of the Interpretation Act
1976 (an Act of Tynwald).”.

3 
In section 17(1)
, for the words “United Kingdom”
 there shall be substituted the words “Isle of Man”
.
4 
In section 50:—

(i) after subsection
(1), there shall be inserted the following
provision:—“
(1A) Nothing in 
sections 17 and 18
of, or Schedule 4 to, this
Act shall apply in relation to any liability arising out of an occurrence
which took place before the coming into force of those provisions and 
section 19(1) of, and Schedule 5
to, this Act shall not affect the operation of any enactment in relation to
such an occurrence.”;
(ii) subsections
(2) and (3)
shall be omitted; and
(iii) in subsection
(4), for the words “
section 19(4)” there shall be
substituted the words “subsection
(1A) of this section”.
5 
For section 52(2)
 there shall be substituted the following provision:—
“
(2) Any provision of this
Act which is extended to the Isle of Man by the 
Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Isle of Man) Order 1980
shall come into force either on the coming into operation of that Order or
on the coming into force of that provision in the United Kingdom, whichever
is the later.”.
6 
In Part II of Schedule
3:—
(i) for the words “United Kingdom”
 wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the words 
“Isle of Man”;
(ii) for the words “Secretary
of State”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the
words “Governor in Council”;
(iii) in paragraph
3, for the words from “
Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945”
 to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted the words 
“Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act
1946 (an Act of Tynwald).”; and

(iv) in paragraph
7, the words from “and 
section 27(3)” to the end of
the paragraph shall be omitted.
7 
In Part II of Schedule
4:—
(i) any reference to an enactment of Parliament
shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as it extends to the Isle
of Man;
(ii) in paragraph
3, for the words “Secretary of
State”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the
words “Governor in Council”;
(iii) in paragraph
4(2), for the words “any of section 7 to 11”
there shall be substituted the words “
section 10 or 11”
;
(iv) in sub-paragraphs
(2) and (3) of paragraph 5,
for the words “Secretary of State” there shall
be substituted the words “Isle of Man Harbour Board”;

(v) in paragraph
6:—(a)  at the end of 
sub-paragraph (1), insert the words 
“or the corresponding certificate issued under the corresponding enactment
of Tynwald”; and(b)  in sub-paragraph
(2), for the words from “
Fatal Accidents Act 1976” to
the end of the sub-paragraph there shall be substituted the words 
“Fatal Accidents Acts 1852 to 1961 (being Acts of Tynwald).”;

(vi) after 
paragraph 7, there shall be inserted the following
provision:—“
7A 
Where an action is brought in the Isle
of Man, the reference in paragraph 3 of article
10 to the national law of the State Party shall
be construed as a reference to the law of the Isle of Man”;
(vii) in paragraph
8(1), for the words “Secretary
of State” there shall be substituted the word “Deemsters”
 and the words “, with the concurrence of the Treasury,”
 shall be omitted;
(viii) after 
paragraph 10, there shall be inserted the following
provision:—“
10A 
In article
14, the reference to the law of the State Party
shall, where the fund is constituted in the Isle of Man, be construed as a
reference to the law of the Isle of Man.”;and
(ix) in paragraph
11, for the words from “are”
 to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted the words 
“are references to Her Majesty's High Court of Justice of the Isle of
Man.”.
8 
In Schedule 5—

(i) paragraphs
3, 4 and 
6, together with the cross-headings, shall
be omitted;
(ii) for paragraph
5, and the cross-heading, there shall be substituted
the following provision:—“
5 
In section 4(2)
 of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act
1974 (an Act of Tynwald), for the words from 
“section 502”
 to “960” there shall be substituted the
words “section 18
of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979
(an Act of Parliament) (which”.”.
9 
In Part I of Schedule
7, the entry relating to the 
Merchant Shipping Act 1965 shall be omitted.
