This Act consists of eight Parts: General Provisions (I); Shipping Vessels (II); Pilots (III); Conditions necessary to navigation (IV); Waterways, navigable waters (V); Harbours (VI); Explanatory Provisions (VII); Final Provisions (VIII). The Act shall apply to navigation and to facilities, to shipping vessels, and to water ways and harbours in waters under Hungarian jurisdiction. The Act prescribes the duties of the State and of local governments in respect of navigation management, governs the registration and classification of shipping vessels, provides measure for safe navigation, licensing and restriction of navigation, establishes fines for offenders of law, regulates the case of accidents and rescuing.
Hungary · 2000-06-02