S.I. No. 331/1974 - Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) (Particulars of Depth of Loading) Regulations, 1974.

1. The actual mean freeboard (Column (6)) is the mean of the freeboards on each side of the ship at the time when the ship is loaded and ready to leave.

2. If the actual mean freeboard is less than the appropriate minimum salt water freeboard as shown on the load line certificate there must be entered in Column (7) the corrected freeboard arrived at after making any allowances for density of water, rubbish to be discharged overboard and fuel, water and stores to be consumed on any stretch of river or inland water, being allowances duly entered in the ship's official log-book.

3. If the actual mean freeboard is greater than the appropriate salt water freeboard, Column (7) need not be filled in.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 15th day of November, 1974.

PETER BARRY,

Minister for Transport and

Power.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations (which do not apply to home trade ships) prescribe the form of, and particulars relating to draughts and freeboards to be inserted in the Notice which is required by Section 11 (2) (

b

) of the

Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act, 1968

to be posted up on board before a ship leaves any dock, wharf, harbour or other place for the purpose of proceeding to sea.

4. Where the draught is shown on the scales of measurement on the stem and on the stern post of the ship in feet the mean draught must be given in both millimetres and feet and inches using an equivalent of 25·4 millimetres to one inch.

PARTICULARS OF LOADING

Date

Dock, wharf, harbour or other place

Actual Draught

Mean Freeboard

Signature of Master and an Officer

Forward

Aft

Mean

Actual (see notes 1 and 2 below)

Corrected (see note 3 below)

Master

An officer

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Notes

S.I. No. 331 of 1974.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOAD LINES) (PARTICULARS OF DEPTH OF LOADING) REGULATIONS, 1974.

I, PETER BARRY, Minister for Transport and Power, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 11

of the

Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act, 1968

(No. 17 of 1968), hereby make the following regulations