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S.I. No. 11 of 1981.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (CERTIFICATION OF SEAMEN) ACT, 1979 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1981.

I, ALBERT REYNOLDS, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

Section 15

(4) of the

Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act, 1979

(No. 37 of 1979), and the Tourism and Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1980 (

S.I. No. 11 of 1980

), hereby order as follows

(1) This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act( 1979, (Commencement) Order, 1981.

(2) Sections 1 to 3, 8 and 14 of the

Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act, 1979

shall come into operation immediately.

(3) The

Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act, 1979

, other than Sections 1 to 3, 8 and 14, shall come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1981.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 9th day of January, 1981.

ALBERT REYNOLDS,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order brings into operation Sections 1 to 3, 8 and 14 of the

Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act, 1979

immediately, and the remaining sections of the Act on the 1st day of September, 1981.

The Act provides for the issue of certificates of competency to certain categories of seamen, the repeal of certain provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1968 and other related matters.