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Merchant Shipping Act 1995: Measurement, Content of act & Subsequent developments

The Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in 1995. It consolidated much of the UK's maritime legislation, repealing several acts in their entirety and provisions in many more, some dating back to the mid-nineteenth century. It appoints several officers of Admiralty Jurisdiction such as the Receiver of…

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Merchant Shipping Act 1995 topic overview

The analysis highlights Measurement, Content of act and Subsequent developments as prominent areas in the source structure around Merchant Shipping Act 1995.

Related topics
17
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
20
Extracted relationships
126
Related term clusters
14
Bridge connections
20

What this topic covers Research coverage

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Overview · 9 topics
Content of act · 4 topics
Subsequent developments · 4 topics

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Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Amended by
Education Act 1996 · Petroleum Act 1998 · Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 · Postal Services Act 2000 · Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations 2005
Amends
Explosives Act 1875 · Explosive Substances Act 1883 · Ghana Independence Act 1957 · Malawi Independence Act 1964 · Malta Independence Act 1964
Citation
1995 c. 21
Commencement
1 January 1996[c]
Long title
An Act to consolidate the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1994 and other enactments relating to merchant shipping.
Other legislation
Explosives Act 1875 · Explosive Substances Act 1883 · Ghana Independence Act 1957 · Malawi Independence Act 1964 · Malta Independence Act 1964

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Overview

Content of act

Subsequent developments

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How Merchant Shipping Act 1995 connects Entity context

The extracted context around Merchant Shipping Act 1995 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Merchant Shipping Act 1995 → Attachment of Earnings Act 1971, Australia Act 1986, Barbados Independence Act 1966, Belize Act 1981, British Mercantile Marine Uniform Act 1919, Channel Tunnel Act 1987, Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, County Courts Act 1984, Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987, Education Act 1996, Employment Rights Act 2025, Explosive Substances Act 1883, Explosives Act 1875, Gambia Independence Act 1964, Ghana Independence Act 1957, Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979, Industry Act 1972, Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016 Another extracted example is Merchant Shipping Act 1995 → Attachment of Earnings Act 1971, Australia Act 1986, Barbados Independence Act 1966, Belize Act 1981, Channel Tunnel Act 1987, Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, County Courts Act 1984, Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987, Explosive Substances Act 1883, Explosives Act 1875, Gambia Independence Act 1964, Ghana Independence Act 1957, Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979, Industry Act 1972, Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993, Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, Malawi Independence Act 1964, Malta Independence Act 1964. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Merchant Shipping Act 1995

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Other legislation · 59
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 → Attachment of Earnings Act 1971, Australia Act 1986, Barbados Independence Act 1966, Belize Act 1981, British Mercantile Marine Uniform Act 1919, Channel Tunnel Act 1987, Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, County Courts Act 1984, Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987, Education Act 1996, Employment Rights Act 2025, Explosive Substances Act 1883, Explosives Act 1875, Gambia Independence Act 1964, Ghana Independence Act 1957, Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979, Industry Act 1972, Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016
Amends · 28
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 → Attachment of Earnings Act 1971, Australia Act 1986, Barbados Independence Act 1966, Belize Act 1981, Channel Tunnel Act 1987, Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, County Courts Act 1984, Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987, Explosive Substances Act 1883, Explosives Act 1875, Gambia Independence Act 1964, Ghana Independence Act 1957, Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979, Industry Act 1972, Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993, Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, Malawi Independence Act 1964, Malta Independence Act 1964
Repeals/revokes · 16
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 → British Mercantile Marine Uniform Act 1919, Jamaica Independence Act 1962, Land Drainage Act 1991, Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 1920, Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971, Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993, Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 1994, Merchant Shipping (Scottish Fishing Boats) Act 1920, Merchant Shipping Act 1897, Merchant Shipping Act 1906, Merchant Shipping Act 1981, Mersey Channels Act 1897, Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971, Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1986, See § Repealed enactments, Water Industry Act 1991
Amended by · 15
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 → Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, Education Act 1996, Employment Rights Act 2025, Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016, Manufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations 2005, Marine Navigation Act 2013, Petroleum Act 1998, Postal Services Act 2000, Postal Services Act 2011, Riot Compensation Act 2016, Scotland Act 2016, Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998, Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026, Wales Act 2017, Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006
Relates to · 2
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 → Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993, Shipping and Trading Interests (Protection) Act 1995
Citation · 1
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 → 1995 c. 21
Commencement · 1
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 → 1 January 1996[c]
Long title · 1
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 → An Act to consolidate the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1994 and other enactments relating to merchant shipping.
Royal assent · 1
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 → 19 July 1995
Territorial extent · 1
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 → United Kingdom[b]

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Important terminology

act 1995 merchant shipping registration inquiries enactments british marine navigation wreck part scotland etc 2016 salvage repealed united kingdom law

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 126 structured relationships around Merchant Shipping Act 1995. Examples in this analysis include Merchant Shipping Act 1995 → Amended by → Education Act 1996 and Merchant Shipping Act 1995 → Amended by → Petroleum Act 1998. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Merchant Shipping Act 1995Amended byEducation Act 19961.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995Amended byPetroleum Act 19981.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995Amended byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 19981.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995Amended byPostal Services Act 20001.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995Amended byManufacture and Storage of Explosives Regulations 20051.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995Amended byWireless Telegraphy Act 20061.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995Amended byPostal Services Act 20111.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995Amended byMarine Navigation Act 20131.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995Amended byCriminal Justice and Courts Act 20151.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995Amended byRiot Compensation Act 20161.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995Amended byScotland Act 20161.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995Amended byInquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 20161.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995Amended byWales Act 20171.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995Amended byEmployment Rights Act 20251.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995Amended byTobacco and Vapes Act 20261.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995AmendsExplosives Act 18751.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995AmendsExplosive Substances Act 18831.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995AmendsGhana Independence Act 19571.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995AmendsMalawi Independence Act 19641.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995AmendsMalta Independence Act 19641.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995AmendsGambia Independence Act 19641.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995AmendsBarbados Independence Act 19661.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995AmendsAttachment of Earnings Act 19711.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995AmendsIndustry Act 19721.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995AmendsJudicature (Northern Ireland) Act 19781.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995AmendsCustoms and Excise Management Act 19791.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995AmendsHydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 19791.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995AmendsMagistrates' Courts Act 19801.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995AmendsBelize Act 19811.00infobox
Merchant Shipping Act 1995AmendsSenior Courts Act 19811.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Merchant Shipping Act 1995 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Shipping, Act and Merchant. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Merchant Shipping Act 1995
    • Shipping
    • Act
    • Merchant
    • Kingdom
    • United
    • Part
    • Inquiries
    • Pollution
    • Registration
    • Salvage
    • British
    • Enactments
  • merchant shipping act 1995
    • Shipping
    • Act
    • Merchant
    • Kingdom
    • United
    • Part
    • Inquiries
    • Pollution
    • Registration
    • Salvage
    • Wreck
    • British
  • act of parliament (united kingdom)
    • United
    • Merchant
    • Shipping
    • Inquiries
    • Part
    • Registration
    • Salvage
    • Enactments
    • Kingdom
    • Repealed
    • Wreck
    • Courts
  • parliament of the united kingdom
    • United
    • Merchant
    • Shipping
    • Inquiries
    • Registration
    • Salvage
    • Enactments
    • Repealed
    • Part
    • Wreck
    • Courts
    • Education
  • admiralty jurisdiction
    • Courts
    • Education
    • Etc
    • Explosives
    • Law
    • Petroleum
    • Postal
    • Protection
    • Repeals
    • Scotland
    • Statute
    • Inquiries
  • receiver of wreck
    • Inquiries
    • Jurisdiction
    • Part
    • Registration
    • Salvage
    • British
    • Enactments
    • Repealed
    • Act
    • Kingdom
    • United
    • Courts
  • merchant shipping act 1894
    • Shipping
    • Act
    • Merchant
    • Kingdom
    • United
    • Part
    • Inquiries
    • Pollution
    • Registration
    • Salvage
    • Wreck
    • British
  • merchant shipping act 1988
    • Shipping
    • Act
    • Merchant
    • Kingdom
    • United
    • Part
    • Inquiries
    • Pollution
    • Registration
    • Salvage
    • Wreck
    • British

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Merchant Shipping Act 1995, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Merchant Shipping Act 1995 with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 — Overview · splits 11 ⟂ 10
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 — Content of act · splits 16 ⟂ 5
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 — Subsequent developments · splits 16 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Merchant Shipping Act 1995

Nodes21
Edges20
Triples126
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.095238
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Merchant Shipping Act 1995 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Measurement, Content of act & Subsequent developments, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Merchant Shipping Act 1995 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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