Offences made under the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997

3 statutory instruments made under this Act create 24 criminal offences between them.

These are offences created by secondary legislation made under the Act — not the offences in the Act itself. An Act that creates a power to make regulations, and regulations that then create offences, is the ordinary route by which most of the criminal law is made, and it is the route this report follows.

Instruments made under it

• The Aviation Security and Piracy (Overseas Territories) Order 2000 2000 · 20 offences
• The Protection of Wrecks (RMS Titanic) Order 2003 2003 · 3 offences
• The Protection of Wrecks (M/S Estonia) Order 1999 1999 · 1 offence