S.I. No. 404/1999 - Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations, 1999

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations, 1999.

2. The Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations, 1998 (

S.I. No. 553 of 1998

), are hereby amended by the substitution of the following for the definition of “

specified by the Minister

” in Regulation 2.(1):—

““

specified by the Minister

” means specified by or at the direction of the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources in publications entitled “Directions as to the Examination of Deck Officers under the Merchant Shipping Acts” and “Directions as to the Examination of Engineer Officers under the Merchant Shipping Acts” or in a Marine Notice.”

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 14th day of December, 1999.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations amend section 2(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations, 1998 (

S.I. No. 553 of 1998

), in relation to the definition of “

specified by the Minister”

.

I, MICHAEL WOODS, Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 12

of the

Merchant Shipping Act, 1947

(No. 46 of 1947), and

sections 3

(2) and

8

of the

Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act, 1979

(No. 37 of 1979), as adapted by the

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983

(No. 40 of 1983) and the Marine (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997 (

S.I. No. 301 of 1997

), hereby make the following regulations