
1 
This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1988.
2 
The provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to the matters specified in the second column of that Schedule) shall come into force on 1st December 1988.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Michael Portillo
Minister of State
Department of Transport
2nd November 1988
SCHEDULE


Provisions of the Act Subject matter of provisions
Section 4(6) Fishing vessels not to be registered under Part I of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894
Section 54 so far as it relates to notices under Part II of the Act Services of documents
Section 57(4) so far as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 6 set out below in this Schedule Consequential amendments
Section 57(5) so far as it brings into effect the provisions of Schedule 7 set out below in this Schedule Repeals
Section 58(4) except so far as it relates to paragraphs 2 and 5 of Schedule 8 Transitional provisions and savings
In Schedule 6:— Minor and consequential amendments
The entry for the Sea Fisheries Act 1868 Fishing vessels to have official papers
The entry for the Contracts Employment and Redundancy Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 Excluded categories of employees
The entry for the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 Size limits, etc for fish
The entry for the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 Definition of "British fishing boat"
The entry for the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Act 1970 Definition of "fishing vessel"
The entry for the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 so far as it is not already in force Application of the Act to fishing vessels
The entry for the Fishery Limits Act 1976 Definition of "foreign fishing boat"
The entry for the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 Mariners
The entry for the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 Power to regulate small craft
The entry for the British Fishing Boats Act 1983 Definition of "British fishing boat"
Sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 1 of the entry for the Merchant Shipping Act 1983 Definition of "fishing vessel"
The entry for the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 Definition of "British fishing boat"
The entry for the Safety at Sea Act 1986 Definition of "fishing vessel"
Schedule 7 so far as it relates to the repeals set out in the Appendix to this Schedule Enactments repealed
In Schedule 8 paragraph 4 Operation of section 4(6) of the Act
APPENDIX

Chapter Short Title Extent of Repeal
1886 c. 53. Sea Fishing Boats (Scotland) Act 1986. The whole Act.
1894 c. 60. Merchant Shipping Act 1894. Sections 370 and 372 to 374.
1968 c. 77. Sea Fisheries Act 1968. In Schedule 1, paragraphs 23, 32 and 33.
1976 c. 86. Fishery Limits Act 1976. Section 2(8)(b). In Schedule 2, paragraph 3.
1983 c. 8. British Fishing Boats Act 1983 Section 11(2).
1984 c. 26. Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984. In Schedule 1, the entry relating