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Mersey Channels Act 1897 (repealed 1.1.1996) 1897 c.21
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Mersey Channels Act 1897 (repealed 1.1.1996)
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In force since 1996-01-01, as the publisher states.
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4 provisions
1 Short title.
This Act may be cited as the Mersey Channels Act 1897.
Propose a change2 Power to make rules for Mersey Channels.
The powers conferred upon Her Majesty in Council by section four hundred and twenty-one, sub-section (2), of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, shall extend to and include the power to make rules concerning lights and signals to be carried or the steps for avoiding collision to be taken by vessels navigating the sea channels or approaches to the River Mersey between the Rock Lighthouse and the furthest point seawards to which such sea channels or approaches respectively are for the time being buoyed on both sides.
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