Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c.28).

This Act amends various other Acts so as to make provision with respect to extension of powers to deal with emergencies at sea (power to establish temporary exclusion zones, powers of intervention), pollution control and marine safety, funding of maritime services, liability and compensation, protection of wrecks, maritime security, etc, international bodies concerned with maritime matters, and matters of miscellaneous nature. Section 11 introduces a new section in the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 which sets out requirements to be met by ships in respect of which trans-shipment licences (a licence under section 4A of the Sea Fish Conservation Act 1967 which introduces a prohibition of transshipment of fish unless authorized by a licence in force).