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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 421

SI 1977/982

421.(1) Any rules made before or after the passing of this Act under the
authority of any local Act, concerning lights and signals to be carried, or
the steps for avoiding collision to be taken, by vessels navigating the waters
of any harbour, river, or other inland navigation, shall, notwithstanding
anything in this Act, have full effect.

(2) Where any such rules are not and cannot be made, Her Majesty in Council on
the application of any person having authority over such waters, or, if there
is no such person, any person interested in the navigation thereof, may make
such rules, and those rules shall, as regards vessels navigating the said
waters, be of the same force as if they were part of the collision
regulations.


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