S.I. No. 224/1958 - Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) (Countries of Application) Order, 1958.

1. This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) (Countries of Application) Order, 1958.

2. It is hereby declared—

(

a

) that the government of each of the countries mentioned in the First Schedule hereto has accepted the Safety Convention ;

(

b

) that the Safety Convention extends to the territories mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

COUNTRIES THE GOVERNMENTS OF WHICH HAVE ACCEPTED THE SAFETY CONVENTION.

Argentina

Ghana

Brazil

Poland

Bulgaria

Turkey

Czechoslovak Republic

Venezuela

SECOND SCHEDULE.

TERRITORIES TO WHICH SAFETY CONVENTION EXTENDS.

Angola

Portuguese Guinea

Cape Verde Islands

Portuguese territories in India

Macao

Mozambique

Portuguese Timor

Netherlands Antilles

St. Tomé and Principe Islands

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 17th day of November, 1958.

SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order declares that the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1948, has been accepted by Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czechoslovak Republic, Ghana, Poland, Turkey and Venezuela and has been extended to Portuguese and Dutch overseas territories.

S.I. No. 224 of 1958.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY CONVENTION) (COUNTRIES OF APPLICATION) ORDER, 1958.

I, SEÁN F. LEMASS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 4

of the

Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1952

(No. 29 of 1952) hereby order as follows