S.I. No. 344/1989 - Merchant Shipping (Registry, Lettering and Numbering of Fishing Boats) Regulations, 1989.

1. Shipwreck

2. Shipyard demolition

3. Fire damage

4. Other—give details:_____________________________

Note: If the 'Other' option is selected, details must be given.

SCHEDULE 3

Regulation 6 (4)

Rule for Measurement of a Sea Fishing Boat in Accordance with Regulation 6 (4)

Measure the length from fore part of head of stem to after part of head of stern or after part of transom or tuck. Measure the greatest breadth of the vessel to the outside of outer planking. Measure also the depth amidships from underside of deck, or from the upper strake of planking in open boats, to the upper side of floor timbers at side of keelson, deducting the thickness of ceiling if fitted.

Multiply together the length, breadth and depth in feet taken as aforesaid and multiply the product by the factor 0.45, the result divided by 100 will be the registered tonnage of the boat subject to any additions as under.

In the case of a break or breaks above the line of deck, multiply together the length, breadth, and depth in feet of the space or spaces, divide the product by 100, and add the result to the tonnage of the boat obtained as aforesaid.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government this 15th day of December, 1989.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order establishes a register of fishing vessels.

5. Other—give details:___________________________

Note: If the 'Other' option is selected, details must be given.

(6)

Type of Damage

6. Other—give details:___________________________

Note: If the 'Other' option is selected, details must be given.

(5)

Previous Activity/Other Current Activity

7. (1) Every person who—

(

a

) on the coming into operation of these Regulations is the owner of a fishing boat, or

(

b

) after the coming into operation of these Regulations becomes the owner of a fishing boat,

shall apply to have his fishing boat entered on the Register in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) of this Regulation.

(2) An application under paragraph (1) of this Regulation shall—

(

a

) be made to a local registrar, and

(

b

) include the particulars set out in the Second Schedule to these Regulations and be made—

(i) at the port where the fishing boat concerned was registered in case it has been registered either under the Order of 1927, or under the Act of 1955, or

(ii) at any port of registry (being a port set out in column (1) of the First Schedule to these Regulations) in the case of a fishing boat which has not been registered, or

(iii) at any port of registry (being a port set out in column (1) of the First Schedule to these Regulations) in the case of a fishing boat which is registered under these Regulations.

8. Where the owner of a fishing boat applies for registration and is allocated a distinguishing letter or letters and number in accordance with Regulation 4(4) of these Regulations, he shall mark or cause to mark the fishing boat with that letter or those letters and that number in accordance with Sea Fisheries (Marking and Documentation of Sea-Fishing Boats) Order, 1987 (

S.I. No. 253 of 1987

).

9. (1) In the event of a fishing boat

(i) being either actually or constructively lost;

(ii) being broken up; or

(iii) ceasing to be employed in fishing for the catching for sale of fish,

the owner of the said fishing boat shall give notice thereof immediately to a local registrar and shall deliver up to that local registrar the certificate of registry.

(2) Once the local registrar has been given notice under paragraph (1) of this Regulation, he shall—

(

a

) notify the Registrar General who shall make an entry to this effect in the Register,

(

b

) deliver up the certificate of registry to the Registrar General.

(3) In the event that it comes to the notice of the Registrar General of a fishing boat

(i) being either actually or constructively lost;

(ii) being broken up; or

(iii) ceasing to be employed for the catching of fish for sale,

the Registrar General may notify the owner and unless information to the contrary is received within 30 days, the Registrar General shall make an entry in the Register of the information received by him from the local registrar and of the fact that the owner has been notified about that information but has failed to reply within a reasonable period to the Registrar General.

10. (1) The owner of a fishing boat, whenever there is a change in any of the particulars set out in the Second Schedule to these Regulations so that the information in the Register is rendered incomplete or inaccurate as regards that fishing boat, shall—

(

a

) report the change to a local registrar,

(

b

) return the certificate of registry of the said fishing boat to the Registrar General, and

(

c

) apply to the Registrar General for a new certificate of registry.

(2) The local registrar may, on receipt of such information, require the fishing boat to be remeasured in the case where the register length or breadth or tonnage or engine power of the fishing boat has changed, and shall send the new measurements verified by him to the Registrar General who may, at his discretion—

(

a

) retain the certificate of registry and grant a new certificate of registry containing a description of the fishing boat as changed, or

(

b

) endorse on the existing certificate of registry a memorandum of the change,

and enter into the Register notice of the said changes.

(3) Each local registrar shall forward to the Registrar General details of any transactions affecting the Register as they come to his notice and the Registrar General may amend the Register and issue a revised certificate of registry to the owner of the fishing boat concerned.

11. Nothing in these Regulations shall prejudice the right to apply to register a fishing boat under these Regulations which was registered under the Register established under the Order of 1927.

12. Where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Registrar General that a certificate of registry has been lost or destroyed the Registrar General may issue a new certificate of registry on being satisfied that the information supplied on the original application relating to the lost or destroyed certificate of registry remains unchanged.

13. (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this Regulation, every owner of a fishing boat which was registered under the Order of 1927 shall apply to register the fishing boat under these Regulations not later than the 31st day of January, 1990.

(2) The Registrar General, on receipt of written application, within six months after the coming into operation of these Regulations, from the owner of a fishing boat which was registered under the Order of 1927, may, if he is satisfied that there was valid reason for the failure to apply for registration under these Regulations by the 31st day of January, 1990, register the fishing boat.

SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 5

PORTS OF REGISTRY

Distinguishing letter or letters for each port set out in column (1) are set out in column (2) of this Schedule.

Ports of Registry

Distinguishing Letters

Registrars

Limits

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Cork

C.

Chief Officer of Customs

The Customs Port

Drogheda

DA.

do.

do.

Dublin

D.

do.

do.

Dundalk

DK.

do.

do.

Galway

G.

do.

do.

Limerick

L.

do.

do.

Skibbereen

S.

Chief Officer of Customs (stationed at Castletownbere)

do.

Sligo

SO.

Chief Officer of Customs

do.

Tralee

T.

Chief Officer of Customs

do.

Waterford

W.

Chief Officer of Customs

The Customs Ports of Waterford and New Ross.

Westport

WT.

do.

The Customs Port.

Wexford

WD.

do.

do.

The Chief Officer of Customs herein referred to shall mean the Officer of Customs superintending the port.

Regulation 7

SCHEDULE 2

APPLICATION TO REGISTER A FISHING VESSEL

REGISTRATION NUMBER PORT OF REGISTRATION NAME OF VESSEL NAME OF OWNER POSTAL ADDRESS OF OWNER NATIONALITY: IF COMPANY PLEASE INDICATE:—(a) STATUTORY AUTHORITY INCORPORATING THE COMPANY:(b) DATE OF INCORPORATION: (c) COUNTRY WHOSE LAWS APPLY TO COMPANY: VESSEL DETAILS TYPE OF VESSEL (') INTERNATIONAL RADIO CALL SIGN IS VESSEL OPEN AND UNDECKED (Y/N) TYPE OF FISHING GEAR (2) (1) (2) 3)REGISTER DIMENSIONS: LENGTH BREATH DEPTH ALSO, IF AVAILABLE, GIVE THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: OVERALL LENGTH LENGTH BETWEEN PERPENDICULARS MAX DRAUGHT GROSS REGISTERED TONNAGE TONNES INDICATE IF: (1) YOU HOLD AN IRISH TONNAGE CERTIFICATE (2) YOU HOLD AN INTERNATIONAL TONNAGE CERTIFICATE (3) YOU DO NOT HOLD A TONNAGE CERTIFICATE ENGINE MAKE AND MODEL: TYPE OF ENGINE(3) ENGINE POWER KW OR ALL OTHER ENGINE POWER INSTALLED KW HORSEPOWER HORSEPOWER WHAT MATERIAL IS THE HULL CONSTRUCTED FROM (') MAXIMUM CREW LIFE SAVING AND FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT CARRIED: VESSEL HISTORY DATE OF ENTRY INTO SERVICE CATEGORY OF PROGRAMME YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION DATE OF ENTRY INTO SERVICE IN THE IRISH FISHING FLEETDATE OF FIRST REGISTRATION IN IRELAND COUNTRY OF CONSTRUCTION IMPORTED FROM IF ACTIVITY HAS CHANGED INDICATE: PREVIOUS ACTIVITY (') DATE OF CHANCE OF ACTIVITY DATE OF OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CHANGE IF VESSEL IS CURRENTLY USED FOR ANY ACTIVITY OTHER THAN SEA FISHING, INDICATE: OTHER CURRENT ACTIVITY (') AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT ON OTHER CURRENT ACTIVITY: MORE THAN HALF HALFLESS THAN HALF IF VESSEL HULL HAS BEEN DAMAGED/WRECKED: TYPE OF DAMAGE (') IF VESSEL HAS BEEN IMPORTED/EXPORTED ON A TEMPORARY BASIS: DATE OF CEASED TEMPORARY IMPORTATION/EXPORTATION SURVEY OF SEAWORTHINESS: HAS AN INDEPENDENT SURVEY OF SEAWORTHINESS BEEN CARRIED OUT ON THE VESSEL IN THE PAST (Y/N)IF YES, GIVE DATE OF SURVEY AND NAME OF SURVEYOR:DATENAME OF SURVEYOR I/We*owner(s) of the vessel above-described declare that the particulars supplied in support of this application are correct, and that we have no reason to believe that the vessel is not in a seaworthy condition. Signature(s): If company, state position held:Date: *DELETE AS APPROPRIATE

REGISTRATION NUMBER |__|__|__|__|__|__| PORT OF REGISTRATION|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

NAME OF VESSEL

|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

NAME OF OWNER

|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

POSTAL ADDRESS OF OWNER

|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

NATIONALITY

______________________________

IF COMPANY PLEASE INDICATE:—

(a) STATUTORY AUTHORITY INCORPORATING THE COMPANY:__________________________

(b) DATE OF INCORPORATION:_________________________________

(c) COUNTRY WHOSE LAWS APPLY TO COMPANY:_______________________________________

VESSEL DETAILS

TYPE OF VESSEL (

1

)|__| INTERNATIONAL RADIO CALL SIGN |__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

IS VESSEL OPEN AND UNDECKED (Y/N)|__|

TYPE OF FISHING GEAR (

2

) (1)|__| (2)|__| (3)|__|

REGISTER DIMENSIONS

LENGTH|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| BREADTH|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| DEPT|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

ALSO IF AVAILABLE, GIVE THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

OVERALL LENGTH|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| LENGTH BETWEEN PERPENDICULARS|__|__|__|__|

MAX DRAUGHT|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

GROSS REGISTERED TONNAGE|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|TONNES

INDICATE IF

(1) YOU HOLD AN IRISH TONNAGE CERTIFICATE

(2) YOU HOD AN INTERNATIONAL TONNAGE CERTIFICATE

(3) YOU DO NOT HOLD A TONNAGE CERTIFICATE

ENGING MAKE AND MODEL: ______________________________ TYPE OF ENGING (

2

)|__|

ENGINE POWER|__|__|__|__|KW OR ALL OTHER ENGINE POWER INSTALLED |__|__|__|__|KWOR

|__|__|__|HORSEPOWER |__|__|__| HORSEPOWER

WHAT MATERIAL IS THE HULL CONSTRUCTED FROM (4) |__| MAXIMUMCREW|__|__|

LIFE SAVING AND FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT CARRIED: _________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

VESSEL HISTORY

YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION|__|__|__|__| DATE OF ENTRY INTO SERVICE|__|__|__|__|__|__|

DATE OF ENTRY INTO SERVICE IN THE IRISH FISHING FLEET |__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

DATE OF FIRST REGISTRATION IN IRELAND |__|__|__|__|__|__| CATEORY OF PROGRAMME |__|__|

COUNTRY OF CONSTRUCTION|__|__|__|__|__|__| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

IMPORTED FROM|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

IF ACTIVITY HAS CHANGED, INDICATE

PREVIOUS ACTIVITY (

5

) |__| DATE OF CHANGE OF ACTIVITY|__|__|__|__|__|

DATE OF OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CHANGE|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

IF VESSEL IS CURRENTLY USED FOR ANY ACTIVITY OTHER THAN SEA FISHING, INDICATE

OTHER CURRENT ACTIVITY (

5

)|__|

AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT ON OTHER CURRENT ACTIVITY

MORE THAN HALF|__| HALF|__| LESS THAN HALF|__|

IF VESSEL HULL HAS BEEN DAMAGED/WRECKED

TYPE OF DAMAGE (

6

)|__| DATE OF COMPLETION OF REPAIRS|__|__|__|__|

IF VESSEL HAS BEEN IMPORTED/EXPORTED ON A TEMPORARY BASIS

DATE OF CEASED TEMPORARY IMPORTATION/EXPORTATION|__|__|__|__|__|__|

SURVEY OF SEAWORTHINESS

HAS AN INDEPENDENT SURVEY OF SEAWORTHINESS BEEN CARRIED OUT ON THE VESSEL IN THE PAST (Y/N)|__|

IF YES, GIVE DATE OF SURVEY AND NAME OF SURVEYOR

DATE |__|__|__|__| NAME OF SURVEYOR|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

I/We*__________________________________________________________________

owner(s) of the vessel above-described declare that the particulars supplied in support of this application are correct, and that we have no reason to believe that the vessel is not in a seaworthy condition.

Signature(s):__________________________

__________________________

If company, state position held:___________________________

Date:___________________________

(1)

Type of Vessel

(2)

Type of fishing Gear

S.I. No. 344 of 1989.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (REGISTRY, LETTERING AND NUMBERING OF FISHING BOATS) REGULATIONS, 1989.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 373 (5) of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (as adapted and amended by any subsequent enactments), hereby make the following Regulations