S.I. No. 308/1977 - Merchant Shipping (International Convention on Load Lines) (Convention Countries) Order, 1977.

1. This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (International Convention on Load Lines) (Convention Countries) Order, 1977.

2. It is hereby declared that the Governments of the countries specified in the Schedule to this Order have accepted or acceded to the Convention of 1966.

SCHEDULE.

Algeria

Sri Lanka

Austria

Surinam

Bahamas

Syrian Arab Republic

Chile

Tonga

China

Uruguay

Dominican Republic

Venezuela

Ecuador

Netherland Antilles

Fiji

Hong Kong

German Democratic Republic

Bermuda

Hungary

Puerto Rico

Indonesia

Guam

Iran

The Canal Zone

Kenya

Virgin Islands

Libyan Arab Republic

American Samoa

Malta

Trust Territories of the Pacific

Oman

Islands

Papua New Guinea

Midway Islands

Saudi Arabia

Wake Island

Seychelles

Johnson Island.

Singapore

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 27th day of September, 1977.

SEÁN Ó LOINSIGH,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order declares that the Governments of the countries specified in the Schedule to the Order have accepted or acceded to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966.

S.I. No. 308 of 1977.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON LOAD LINES) (CONVENTION COUNTRIES) ORDER, 1977.

The Government, being satisfied that the Governments of the countries specified in the Schedule to this Order have accepted or acceded to the Convention of 1966 and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by

section 30

(1) of the

Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act, 1968

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