S.I. No. 510/2006 - Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles) Regulations 2006

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles) Regulations 2006.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations -

“design gross vehicle weight” means the gross weight of a goods vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer, laden with the heaviest load which it can reasonably carry having regard to the engine, brakes, tyres and general construction of such goods vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer and shall, until the contrary is shown, be taken to be its design gross weight as specified by its manufacturer or, where the design gross weight as specified by the manufacturer is not ascertainable, the design gross weight as specified by an automotive engineer.

“passenger boat” has the same meaning as in the

Merchant Shipping Act 1992

(No. 2 of 1992);

“passenger ship” means a passenger ship within the meaning of the

Merchant Shipping Act 1992

(No. 2 of 1992) and a passenger steamer within the meaning of the

Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1952

(No. 29 of 1952);

“tonne” is the weight executed by a mass of 1,000 kilograms.

Application

3. These Regulations apply to:-

(a) passenger ships of Classes II(A) - VI (within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction and Survey Rules 1985 (No. 274 of 1985)) and

(b) passenger boats

provided with cargo or vehicle spaces in which vehicles or cargo can be loaded or unloaded in the horizontal direction, engaged in the carriage of a laden goods vehicle trailer or semi-trailer, not fitted with a draught gauging system acceptable to the Minister.

Prescribed Weight

4. The prescribed weight for the purposes of section 22 (1) of the

Maritime Safety Act 2005

(No. 11 of 2005), shall be greater than 7.5 tonne design gross vehicle weight.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

2 day of October 2006

Martin Cullen

Minister for Transport

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations specify both the type of vessel and the weight at which goods vehicles must comply with the requirements of

section 22

of the

Maritime Safety Act 2005

.

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. No. 510 of 2006

MERCHANT SHIPPING (WEIGHING OF GOODS VEHICLES) REGULATIONS 2006

Merchant Shipping (Weighing of Goods Vehicles) Regulations 2006

I, Martin Cullen, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 22

of the

Maritime Safety Act 2005

(No. 11 of 2005) and the Maritime Transport, Safety and Security (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2005 (

S.I. No. 842 of 2005

), hereby make the following regulations

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