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# Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1967

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1967
1967 c.27
An Act to make further provision as to load lines and related matters; to increase penalties under certain provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1965 relating to passenger steamers; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
[10th May 1967]
Whereas a Convention entitled “the International Convention on Load Lines” (in this Act referred to as “the Convention of 1966”) was signed in London on 5th April, 1966:
And whereas it is intended that the Convention of 1966 shall replace the Convention set out in Schedule 2 to the Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932:
And whereas it is expedient to enable effect to be given to the Convention of 1966:

## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-1}



## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-2}



## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-3}



## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-4}



## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-5}



## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-6}



## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-7}



## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-8}



## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-9}



## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-10}



## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-11}



## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-12}



## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-13}



## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-14}



## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-15}



## 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-16}



## 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-17}



## 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-18}



## 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-19}



## 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-20}



## 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-21}



## 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-22}



## 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-23}



## 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-24}



## 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-25}



## 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-26}



## 27 Miscellaneous supplementary provisions. {#section-27}

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(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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## 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-28}



## 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-29}



## 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-30}



## 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-31}



## 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-32}



## 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-33}



## 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-34}



## SCHEDULE 1 {#schedule-1}



## SCHEDULE 2 {#schedule-2}