Port of. Form (D). MOTOR CAR (INTERNATIONAL CIRCULATION) ORDER, 1910. Register of Foreign Motor Cars. Form (E). MOTOR CAR (INTERNATIONAL CIRCUlation) Order, 1910. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL exempting Danish Ships complying with Danish provisions, from the provisions of Sections 427-431 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," as to Life-saving Appliances.-London, April 22, 1910.* At the Court at St. James's, the 22nd day of April, 1910. PRESENT: HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES. Lord President. Sir Fleetwood Edwards. WHEREAS His Majesty was pleased, by his Commission dated the 5th day of March, 1910, to nominate and appoint His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in His Majesty's absence from his realm in foreign parts, to hold on His Majesty's behalf, his Privy Council, and to signify thereat his approval of any matter or thing whereunto His Royal Highness should be authorized by writing under His Majesty's sign manual, and to do further on His Majesty's behalf any matter or thing for the purposes of the said Commission whereunto His Royal Highness should be authorized in manner aforesaid : • "London Gazette," April 29, 1910. " And whereas by Section 4 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1906,' it is provided that Sections 427 to 431 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 "† (hereinafter called the Principal Act), relating to life-saving appliances shall, after the appointed day, apply to all foreign ships while they are within any port of the United Kingdom as they apply to British ships. Provided that His Majesty may by Order in Council direct that those provisions shall not apply to any ship of a foreign country in which the provisions in force relating to lifesaving appliances appear to His Majesty to be as effective as the provisions of Part V of the Principal Act, on proof that those provisions are complied with in the case of that ship: And whereas by Section 5 of the said Act it is provided that the said appointed day shall be the 1st day of January, 1909, or such other day, not being more than twelve months later, as the Board of Trade may appoint: And whereas the Board of Trade appointed the 1st day of October, 1909, to be the day after which the provisions of the Principal Act relating to life-saving appliances should apply to all foreign ships while they are within any port of the United Kingdom as they apply to British ships: And whereas it appears to His Majesty that the provisions in force in Denmark relating to life-saving appliances are as effective as the provisions of Part V of the Principal Act: Now, therefore, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, being authorized thereto by writing under His Majesty's Sign Manual, doth, by and with the advice of His Majesty's Privy Council, on behalf of His Majesty direct that the provisions of Sections 427 to 431 of the Principal Act shall not apply to any Danish ship while within any port of the United Kingdom, if it is proved that the aforesaid Danish provisions relating to lifesaving appliances are complied with in the case of that ship. ALMERIC FITZROY. 1 BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL amending "The Pacific (Jurisdiction) Order in Council, 1893," in regard to carrying out Sentences of Death.-London, April 22, 1910.‡ At the Court at St. James's, the 22nd day of April, 1910. PRESENT: HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES. Lord President. Lord Steward. Sir Fleetwood Edwards. WHEREAS His Majesty was pleased, by his Commission dated the 5th day of March, 1910, to nominate and appoint His Royal * Vol. XCIX, page 14. Highness the Prince of Wales, in His Majesty's absence from his Realm in foreign parts, to hold on His Majesty's behalf, his Privy Council, and to signify thereat his approval of any matter or thing whereunto His Royal Highness should be authorized by writing under His Majesty's Sign Manual, and to do further on His Majesty's behalf any matter or thing for the purposes of the said Commission whereunto His Royal Highness should be authorized in manner aforesaid : And whereas it has been made to appear to His Majesty that it is expedient to amend the Pacific Order in Council, 1893 * (hereinafter called the Principal Order), so as to provide that sentences of death may be carried into effect in places (being within the limits of that Order) other than Fiji: Now, therefore, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, being authorized thereto by writing under His Majesty's Sign Manual, doth hereby, on behalf of His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in that behalf vested in His Majesty by "The British Settlements Act, 1887," "The Pacific Islanders Protection Acts," and "The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890,"‡ or otherwise, and by and with the advice of His Majesty's Privy Council, order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: 1. This Order may be cited as "The Pacific Order in Council, 1893, Amendment Order, 1910," and shall be read and construed as part of the Principal Order. 2. In Article 78 of the Principal Order the words "A sentence of death shall be carried into effect in Fiji" shall be omitted and the following words substituted, namely: "Any sentence of death shall be carried into effect in Fiji, or in such other place (being within the limits of this Order) as the High Commissioner may direct." 3. This Order shall come into force forthwith. ALMERIC FITZROY. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL exempting Netherland Ships, complying with Netherland Regulations, from Detention for Non-compliance with the Provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts as to Overloading.-London, June 11, 1910.§ At the Court at St. James's, the 11th day of June, 1910. PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS by Section 445 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," it is enacted that where the Board of Trade certify that * Vol. LXXXV, page 1053. † Vol. LXXVIII, page 824. Vol. LXXXII, page 656. §"London Gazette," June 14, 1910. Vol. LXXXVI, page 633. the laws and regulations for the time being in force in any foreign country and relating to overloading and improper loading are equally effective with the provisions of that Act relating thereto, His Majesty in Council may direct that on proof of a ship of that country having complied with those laws and regulations, she shall not, when in a port of the United Kingdom, be liable to detention for non-compliance with the said provisions of that Act, nor shall there arise any liability to any fine or penalty which would otherwise arise for non-compliance with those provisions : * And whereas by Section 1 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1906," provision, as is more particularly therein mentioned, is made for applying to foreign ships when in ports in the United Kingdom certain sections of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," which relate to loadline, without prejudice to any direction of His Majesty in Council given under the said Section 445 of the last-mentioned Act: And whereas the Board of Trade have certified that certain statutory regulations which have been approved by the Government of the Netherlands relating to overloading, so far as regards the assignment of loadlines to ships belonging to the Netherlands on and after the 1st January, 1909, are equally effective with the corresponding regulations in force in this country respecting the assignment of loadlines to British merchant ships: Now, therefore, His Majesty in Council doth direct that on proof that ships belonging to the Netherlands have complied with the aforesaid regulations of the Government of the Netherlands, such ships shall not, when in ports of the United Kingdom, be liable to detention for non-compliance with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts relating to overloading, nor shall there arise any liability to any fine or penalty which would otherwise arise for non-compliance with those provisions. ALMERIC FITZROY. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL exempting Netherland Ships, complying with Netherland provisions, from the provisions of Sections 427-431 of" The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," as to Life-saving Appliances. -- London, June 11, 1910.† At the Court at St. James's, the 11th day of June, 1910. PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS by Section 4 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1906," it is provided that Sections 427 to 431 of "The * Vol. XCIX, page 14. "London Gazette," June 14, 1910. Vol. XCIX, page 14. |