Acts

​Below, you will find English versions of the acts issued by the Danish Maritime Authority that are currently in force. Please note that only the Danish versions have legal validity.

Date No.   Name Content
29-03-2023 346

Consolidated pilotage act

  

Date No.   Name Content
10-01-2020 30 Order on the entry into force of the Act amending the Act on the Danish International Register of Shipping (Collective agreement coverage of offshore activities in ships in the Danish territorial waters and continental shelf area) The Danish Maritime Authority implements EU Directive 2017/159 / EU on working conditions in the fisheries sector.

Date Number Name Content
04-07-2019 697 Order on safety and-or health signs and other forms of signalling in merchant and fishing vessels (Occupational health in ships) The Danish Maritime Authority issues Chapter VIII: Signalling, safety signs, marking and giving signs in Notice A from the Danish Maritime Authority, Technical regulation on occupational health in ships, as an independent order. At the same time, references to the CLP-Regulation are updated and linguistic clarifications are made.
01-05-2019 374 Act amending the Act on Safety at Sea and the Merchant Shipping Act Tightened rules for operating speed boats, water scooters and similar vessels, etc.
28-02-2019 139 Act amending the Act on Safety at Sea, the Merchant Shipping Act and the Act on the Danish Government Seamen’s Service  Merger of the Danish Government Seamen’s Service and Danish Maritime Occupational Health Service and adjustment of the annual fee for small commercial vessels.

Date Number Name
18-12-2018 1534 Act amending the Act on the Danish International Register of Shipping
17-12-2018 1629 Consolidated act on safety at sea
17-12-2018 1662 Consolidated act on seafarers’ conditions of employment, etc.
17-12-2018 1505 Merchant shipping act (consolidation)
01-05-2018 374 Act amending the Act on Safety at Sea and the Merchant Shipping Act

 

Date Number Name Content
19-12-2017 1546 Decree on the entry into force for the Faroe Islands of the merchant shipping act  
19-12-2017 1548 Act amending the merchant shipping act and the registration of property act  
08-02-2017 187 Act amending the merchant shipping act and the act on safety at sea This decree enacts parts of the merchant shipping act for the Faroe Islands. 

Date Number Name
08-06-2016 615 Act on maritime spatial planning
02-05-2016 400 Act amending the act on seafarers' conditions of employment etc, the act on safety at sea and various other acts
12-04-2016 352 Consolidated pilotage act

Date Number Name
29-12-2015 1886 Act amending the tonnage taxation act and the act on taxation of seafarers
16-12-2015 1738 Consolidated decree on the entry into force for Greenland of the act on diving operations and diving equipment etc
16-12-2015 1674 Consolidated decree on the entry into force for Greenland of the act on safety at sea
27-11-2015 1350 Decree on the entry into force for Greenland of various acts amending the act on diving operations and diving equipment etc
24-08-2015 985 Decree on the entry into force for Greenland of parts of the pilotage act
24-08-2015 1031 Decree on the entry into force for Greenland of various acts amendin the act on safety at sea
06-08-2015 945 Consolidated act on taxation of shipping activities (the tonnages taxation act)

Date Number Name
25-06-2014 724 Act amending the act on safety at sea, the act on safety investigations of marine accidents, etc
25-06-2014 725 Act amending the Danish pilotage act and the act on Danpilot  
25-06-2014 851 Consolidated act on a ship finance institute
25-03-2014 268 Act amending the act on financial activities and various other acts (extracts)
17-01-2014 69 Consolidated act on diving operations and diving equipment, etc
17-01-2014 72 Consolidated act on safety at sea
17-01-2014 73 Consolidated act on seafarers' conditions of employment, etc  
17-01-2014 70 Consolidated act on the Danish Government Seamen's Service  
17-01-2014 68 Consolidated act on the Danish International Register of Shipping
17-01-2014 74 Consolidated act on the manning of ships
17-01-2014 71 Consolidated act on the tonnage measurement of ships  
17-01-2014 75 The merchant shipping act (consolidation)

 

Date Number Name
20-08-2013 1018 Consolidated act on seafarers conditions of employment etc  
12-06-2013 618 Act amending the merchant shipping act and various other acts
12-06-2013 619 Act amending the merchant shipping act
12-06-2013 600 Act on Danpilot  
29-01-2013 71 Decree on the entry into force for Greenland of acts amending the act on safety at sea

 

Date Number Name
23-12-2012 1384 Act amending the merchant shipping act, the act on additions to the act on wreckage of 10 April 1895 and other acts  
19-12-2012 1287 Act amending the act on financial activities, the act on dealing in securities, etc, the act on payment services, etc  
18-12-2012 1231 Act amending various provisions on mandatory digital communication, etc (extract)  
30-05-2012 478 Act amending the act on the manning of ships, the act on maritime training programmes and the pilotage act  
21-03-2012 249 Act amending the merchant shipping act and the act on safety at sea  
27-02-2012 168 Consolidated act on ships' manning

Date Number Name
28-12-2011 1373 Act amending various educational acts, etc and repealing various other acts (extracts)  
19-09-2011 965 Consolidated act on taxation of shipping activities (tonnage tax act)
08-08-2011 886 Consolidated act on Ship Finance Institute  
14-06-2011 622 Act amending the act on the manning of ships, the taxation of seafarers act, the seamen's act, and other acts  
18-05-2011 457 Act on safety investigations of marine accidents  
30-03-2011 251 Act amending the merchant shipping act, the act on safety at sea and the seamen's act

 

Date Number Name
 20-07-2010  936  Consolidated act on diving operations and equipment, etc  
 15-06-2010  654  Promulgation of the act on safety at sea
 12-05-2010  493  Act amending the act on safety at sea, the seamen's act and various other acts and repealing the act on the engagement etc

 

Date Number Name
24-03-2009 214  Act amending the Danish International Register of Shipping act  
06-07-2007 512  Act on smoke-free environments
06-06-2007 539  Act amending the tonnage tax act (adjustment of the tonnage taxation scheme)
14-05-2007 462  Consolidated act on fees to be paid on registration of owner's rights and mortgages, etc
09-06-2006 567  The pilotage act
07-06-2006 526  Act amending the merchant shipping act and certain other acts
21-12-2005 1432  Act on assumption of right to use Danish ships
24-06-2005 599  Act to amend the merchant shipping act (liability for pollution damage caused by bunker oil, etc)
27-05-2005 386  Taxation of seafarers' act, as amended by various other acts
30-04-2003 304  Act to amend the act on the Danish Government Seamen's Service
28-03-2001 212  Act amending the act on the Danish Government Seamen's Service
10-06-1997 387  Act on the war risk insurance of ships
11-04-1997 273  Promulgation of act on the Danish International Register of Shipping
02-02-1993 43  Consolidated act on the tonnage measurement of ships as amended by act no. 1173 from 2003 and act no. 493 from 2010
25-04-1990 253  Act on the Danish Government Seamen's Service

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