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S.I. No. 206/1968 - Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act, 1968 (Commencement) Order, 1968.

S.I. No. 206 of 1968.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOAD LINES) ACT, 1968 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1968.

I, ERSKINE H. CHILDERS, Minister for Transport and Power, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 32 (4) of the Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act, 1968 (No. 17 of 1968), hereby make the following Order:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act, 1968 (Commencement) Order, 1968.

2. The 4th day of October, 1968, is hereby fixed as the day on which the Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act, 1968 (No. 17 of 1968), shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 30th day of September, 1968.

ERSKINE H. CHILDERS,

Minister for Transport and Power.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order brings the Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act, 1968 into operation on the 4th October, 1968.