S.I. No. 425/2002 - Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) (Amendment) Regulations 2002.

2. The Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) Regulations 1998 (

S.I. No. 551 of 1998

) are hereby amended as follows

(1) In regulation 2(1) the following definition shall be inserted

“‘

International Voyage

’ means a voyage from a port in one State to a port in another State;”

(2) In regulation 5(1) after “500 GT or more” the following shall be inserted

“and to all passenger ships engaged on international voyages”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal

this 15

th

day of August 2002

Dermot Ahern

________________________________________________

Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources

Explanatory Note

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

The Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping Regulations 1998 (

S.I. No. 551 of 1998

) are amended in order to include a definition of “international voyage” and to allow for a change in wording in Regulation 5(1) which extends the application of Regulation 5 (Safe Manning Document) to passenger ships on international voyages.

S.I. No. 425 of 2002

Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

I, Dermot Ahern, Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

sections 11

and

12

of the

Merchant Shipping Act 1947

(No. 46 of 1947), and

section 3

(2) 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 and Natural Resources (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 (

S.I. No. 307 of 2002

) hereby make the following Regulations