S.I. No. 506/2010 - Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2010.

1. 2meet the standard of competence for certification of proficiency as ship security officer, set out in section A-VI/5, paragraphs 1 to 4 of the STCW Code.

2. The Minister shall ensure that every person found qualified under the provisions of this regulation is issued with a certificate of proficiency as ship security officer.

3. The Minister shall ensure that the standards of competence required of ship security officers who held or can document qualifications issued before 1 January 2008 are compared with those specified for the certificate of proficiency in section A-VI/5 of the STCW Code, and shall ensure that the need for requiring these personnel to update their qualifications is determined.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

21 October 2010.

NOEL DEMPSEY,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The purpose of these Regulations is to give effect to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended by Resolution MSC. 203(81) and to the Seafarers’ Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Code, 1995, as amended by Resolution MSC. 209(81), both adopted on 18 May 2006 by the International Maritime Organization in respect of competency and certification provisions for ship security officers.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

29

th October

, 2010.

I, NOEL DEMPSEY, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 12 (as amended by

section 48

of the

Maritime Safety Act 2005

(No. 11 of 2005)) of the

Merchant Shipping Act 1947

(No. 46 of 1947) and section 3(2) (as amended by section 91(1)(

a

) of the

Merchant Shipping Act 2010

(No. 14 of 2010)) of the

Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act 1979

(No. 37 of 1979) (as adapted by the Public Enterprise (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 (No. 305 of 2002)) 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