S.I. No. 347/1987 - Merchant Shipping (Fees) Order, 1987.

1. For every report required to be sent by a Receiver of Wreck to the Secretary of Lloyd's in London the fee payable shall be £2.

2. For wreck taken into custody by a Receiver of Wreck the fee payable shall be 7.5 per cent of the value of the wreck.

3. In cases in which any services are rendered by a Receiver of Wreck in respect of any ship in distress, not being a wreck, or in respect of the cargo or articles belonging to the ship, £40 for each day during which the Receiver is employed on that service.

4. In addition to the fees mentioned in the foregoing Article of this Schedule the expenses incurred in a particular case by a Receiver of Wreck shall be payable.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 23rd day of December, 1987.

BRENDAN DALY,

Minister for the Marine.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Order.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 23rd day of December, 1987.

P. MOLLOY.

A person authorised to authenticate the seal of the said Minister.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Order restructures the fees payable in respect of passenger ship surveys and certification, safety equipment surveys and certification, load lines surveys and certification, and tonnage measurement.

The Order also otherwise prescribes increased fees payable for various services in relation to shipping and seamen.

5. Certified copy of any declaration or document, a copy of which is made evidence by the Merchant Shipping Acts

9

6. Any other certified extract from the register book for each folio of 90 words or portion thereof ... ... ...

9

THIRD SCHEDULE

FEES OF RECEIVERS OF WRECK

NOTE

I. Fees under this Schedule must be paid to the appropriate Receiver of Wreck.

Fees

S.I. No. 347 of 1987.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (FEES) ORDER, 1987.

CONTENTS

GENERAL

Page

Citation, Commencement

5

Definitions

5

FIRST SCHEDULE

PART 1

PASSENGER SHIPS

Passenger Ship Surveys and Certification

8

Survey of Ships in Dry Dock

10

Examination of Plans and Arrangements

10

Testing, Inspecting and Examining Plans of Sidescuttles, Fire Resisting Doors and Materials, Ships' Side and other Hull Fittings

10

Survey of Ships' Boilers

11

PART 2

CARGO SHIPS

Cargo Ship Safety Construction Surveys and Certification

11

PART 3

RADIO

Radio Surveys, Inspections and Certification

13

PART 4

SAFETY EQUIPMENT

Safety Equipment Surveys and Certification

14

Inspection of Safety Equipment of Ships not required to hold Safety Equipment Certificates

14

Testing and Inspecting Life Saving Appliances

15

Inspection of Lights and Fog Signals

16

PART 5

LOAD LINE SURVEYS AND INSPECTIONS

LOADING OF GRAIN CARGOES AND SURVEYS FOR

SEAWORTHINESS

Load Line Surveys and Inspections

16

Stability Requirements

18

Exemptions for Deeper Loading

18

Exemptions for Single Voyages

19

Loading of Grain Cargoes

20

Survey for Seaworthiness

20

PART 6

CREW ACCOMMODATION

Inspection of Crew Spaces

21

PART 7

TONNAGE MEASUREMENT

Measurement of 1969 Convention Tonnages

22

Measurement in accordance with the Fourth Schedule of the Tonnage Regulations

22

Interim Scheme Tonnages

23

Re-measurement of Tonnages

23

Measurement of Fishing Vessels

23

Copies of Certificates and Details of Tonnage Calculations

24

PART 8

EXAMINATIONS, TESTS AND RELATED SERVICES

General

24

Deck Officer Certificate of Competency

24

Endorsement of Deck Officer Certificates of Competency or Service

24

Marine Engineer Officer Certificates of Competency

25

Endorsement of Marine Engineer Officer Certificates of Competency or Service

25

Certificates of Competency for Fishermen

26

Able Seaman (AB) and Efficient Deck Hand (EDH) Certificates

26

Certificate of Proficiency in Survival Craft (CPSC)

26

Sight Tests

26

PART 9

SURVEYOR'S EXPENSES

Surveyors' Expenses in the State or Northern Ireland

27

Surveys Abroad

27

Overtime Charges

27

PART 10

SERVICES PROVIDED BY MERCANTILE MARINE OFFICES

General

28

Engagement and Discharge of Seamen

28

Other Services on Board Ship

28

Overtime Charges

28

Waiting Time during Office Hours

29

Indentures of Apprenticeship

29

Inspection of Registers and Miscellaneous Fees, Central Register of Ships

29

Registers and Records respecting Seamen and Passengers

29

Replacement of Certificates

30

Discharge Book and Seaman's Identity Card

30

Signal Letters

30

SECOND SCHEDULE

REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND MORTGAGE OF SHIPS

Transactions in the Ship's Register and Inspection of the Register

31

Copies of Documents

31

THIRD SCHEDULE

Receivers of Wreck

31

S.I. No. 347 of 1987.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (FEES) ORDER, 1987.

I, BRENDAN DALY, Minister for the Marine in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 5

of the

Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1939

(No. 12 of 1939),

section 5

of the

Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1952

(No. 29 of 1952), as extended by

section 3

of the

Merchant Shipping Act, 1966

(No. 20 of 1966),

section 4

of the

Mercantile Marine Act, 1955

(No. 29 of 1955),

section 26

of the

Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act, 1968

(No. 17 of 1968),

section 3

of the

Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act, 1979

(No. 37 of 1979), and the Communications (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1987 (

S.I. No. 91 of 1987

), and with the consent of the Minister for Finance hereby order as follows:—