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Merchant Shipping Act (Chapter 242).

Country(ies)

Papua New Guinea

Subjects (Classification)

Seafarers

Adopted on (Date of text)

1975-09-04

Scope of text

National

Type of legislation (Type of text)

Law, Act

Abstract/Citation

Part I - Preliminary
Part II - National Character and Flag
Part III - Registration and Ships
Part IV - Safety
Part V - Crewmen
Part VI - Shipping Casualties, Inquiries and Investigations
Part VII - Navigational Aids
Part VIII - Pilotage
Part IX - Coasting Trade
Part X - Liability of Shipowners and Others
Part XI - Committees of Advice [Repealed]
Part XIA - Wreck and Salvage
Part XII - Miscellaneous
Repeals the Wreck and Salvage Act

Implementing text(s)

1976 (PNG-1976-R-54781)
Merchant Shipping (Safety) Regulations 1976 (S.I. No. 21 of 1976).

Implementing text(s)

1976 (PNG-1976-R-54782)
Merchant Shipping (Crewmen) Regulations 1976 (S.I. No. 22 of 1977).

Implementing text(s)

1978 (PNG-1978-R-77369)
Merchant Shipping (Coasting Trade) Regulation 1978.

Implementing text(s)

1977 (PNG-1977-R-77370)
Merchant Shipping (Committee of Advice) Regulation 1977.

Implementing text(s)

1976 (PNG-1976-R-77371)
Merchant Shipping (Navigational Aids) Regulation 1976.

Implementing text(s)

1975 (PNG-1975-R-77382)
Merchant Shipping (Registration) Regulation 1975.

Implementing text(s)

1976 (PNG-1976-R-77383)
Merchant Shipping (Pilotage) Regulation 1976.

Amending text(s)

2016-11-23 (PNG-2015-L-105164)
Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 57 of 2015).

Amending text(s)

2016-12-13 (PNG-2016-L-105175)
Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 2016 (No. 21 of 2016).

Electronic source title

Act on-line [as consolidated to 2006]

Author

Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute (PacLII)

URL

http://www.paclii.org/pg/legis/consol_act/msa1975185/

File

PNG77368.pdf (PDF)

Monograph title

Printed separately

Date

1980-01-24

Page range

pp. 3-103