S.I. No. 228/1995 - Merchant Shipping (Recognition of British Certificates of Competency) Order, 1995.

1. This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Recognition of British Certificates of Competency) Order, 1995.

2. Certificates of competency as deck officers or engineer officers on board ship or as skippers, second hands or engineer officers on board fishing boats for the grant of which provision is made by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland shall be of the same force within the State as if they had been granted by the Minister under (as may as be appropriate) Part II or section 414 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, or

section 3

or

8

of the

Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act, 1979

(No. 37 of 1979).

3. The Merchant Shipping (Recognition of British Certificates of Competency) Order, 1949 (

S.I. No. 47 of 1949

), is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 25th day of August, 1995.

SEAN BARRETT,

Minister for the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides for the recognition of British certificates of competency for the following categories:—

— on board merchant ships

(1) deck officer and

(2) engineer officer; and

— on board fishing boats

(1) skipper;

(2) second hand; and

(3) engineer officer.

S.I. No. 228 of 1995.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (RECOGNITION OF BRITISH CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY) ORDER, 1995.

WHEREAS the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland provides for the holding of examinations for the grant of certificates of competency as deck officers or engineer officers on board ship or as skippers, second hands or engineer officers on board fishing boats;

AND WHEREAS the Minister for the Marine is satisfied that the certificates so granted are granted on such principles as to show qualifications of competency which are adequate qualifications for service in Irish-registered ships or Irish-registered fishing boats, as may be appropriate

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

section 7

of the

Merchant Shipping Act, 1947

(No. 46 of 1947), as amended by

section 28

of the

Merchant Shipping Act, 1992

(No. 2 of 1992), hereby order as follows