Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2008
An Act amending the Merchant Shipping Act, 2003 governing shipping and maritime safety in Sierra Leone.
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Summary
The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2008 amends the Merchant Shipping Act, 2003, the principal law governing merchant shipping in Sierra Leone — the registration of ships, maritime safety, the welfare of seafarers, and the prevention of marine pollution.
As an amending statute it alters specified provisions of the principal Act and must be read together with the principal merchant-shipping legislation.
Main provisions
- Amends specified provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 2003.
- Concerns ship registration, maritime safety and seafarers.
- Relates to the prevention of marine pollution.
- Takes effect as part of, and is read together with, the principal Act it amends.