Introduction - Legislation

Welcome to the Legislation Library of the Isle of Man Ship Registry. This page will provide you with quick and easy access to Isle of Man Merchant Shipping Legislation.

From 1st April 2010 the Department of Trade and Industry will be renamed Department of Economic Development. The legislation on these pages in time will be changed to reflect this change.

Principal Acts are in chronological order, the most recent first.

Principal Regulations are in chronological order by decades, the most recent first A list of Key maritime conventions extended to the Isle of Man as of March 2009 is contained within this library.

Manx Shipping Notices (MSN's), Industry Circulars and Registry Advice Notices (RAN's) may also be accessed from this point.

The Consultation tab contains our policy on consultations and enables you to access current, closed and forthcoming consultations.

If you are unable to find what you are looking for please email legislation@gov.im