Merchant Shipping (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002 (Commencement) Ordinance, 2012

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The Merchant Shipping (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002 (Commencement) Ordinance, 2012

THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 30^th day of September, 2011[a], and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 289 and 297 of the Merchant Shipping (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002[b] and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order:-

Commencement of Chapter VI of Part VI, and Part VII of, and Schedules 5 and 7 to, the Law.

1. Sections 189 to 202 of, and Schedules 5, 6 and 7 to, the Merchant Shipping (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002 ("the Law") shall come into force on 1^st October 2012.

Commencement of certain repeals in Schedule 10 to the Law.

2. Section 296 of the Law shall come into force on 1^st October 2012 only to the extent necessary to give effect to the repeal of the following provisions listed in Schedule 10 to the Law -

(a) Part VIII of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894[c],

(b) sections 2(1), 2(3) to (6), and 3 to 5 of the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners) Act 1900[d],

(d) the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act 1958 (Guernsey) Order 1964[f],

(e) the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Guernsey) Order 1980[g], and

(f) the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) (Guernsey) Order 1982[h].

Savings.

3. For the avoidance of doubt, sections 1 and 2 do not affect -

(a) any right, privilege, obligation or liability incurred under the provisions listed in section 2, or

(b) any investigation or legal proceeding in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation or liability,

and any such investigation or legal proceeding may be instituted, continued or enforced as if this Ordinance had not been made.

Extent.

4. This Ordinance has effect throughout the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

Citation.

5. This Ordinance may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002 (Commencement) Ordinance, 2012.

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[a]	Article XVII in Billet d'État No. XV of 2011.
[b]	Order in Council No. VIII of 2004; amended by Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXIX, p. 406; and Order in Council No. XIII of 2010.
[c]	An Act of Parliament (57 & 58 Vict. C. 60).
[d]	An Act of Parliament (63 & 64 Vict. C. 32).
[e]	An Act of Parliament (1 & 2 Geo. 5 c. 57).
[f]	S.I. 1964/929 (see Ordres en Conseil Vol XIX, p. 241).
[g]	S.I. 1980/569 (see Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXVII, p. 193).
[h]	S.I. 1982/335 (see Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXVII, p. 421).