S.I. No. 595/2010 - Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2010.

1. 8

For each occasion on which a candidate attends for the removal of a service restriction

35

2. 6

For each occasion on which a candidate applies for a Dangerous Cargo Endorsement of a Marine Engineer Officer Certificate of Competency

35

3.

Certificates of Competency for Fishing Vessel Deck Officers

Ref No.

(1)

Matter in respect of which fee is payable

(2)

Fee

€

(3)

3. 53.5.13.5.2

For an administration fee for processing documents and the issue of Certificates of Competency for the following:Skipper (Full) and Second Hand (Full) Second Hand (Limited)

5326

4.

Certificates of Competency for Fishing Vessel Engineer Officer

Ref No.

(1)

Matter in respect of which Fee is payable

(2)

Fee

€

(3)

4. 34.3.14.3.24.3.3

For an administration fee for processing documents and issue of Certificates of Competency for the following:Engineer Officer Class 1Engineer Officer Class 2Engineer Officer Class 3

535326

5.

Able Seaman (AB) and Efficient Deck Hand (EDH) Certificates

Ref No.

(1)

Matter in respect of which fee is payable

(2)

Fee

€

(3)

5. 3

For a certificate of qualification as Efficient Deck Hand

21

6. The fee payable on each occasion on which a candidate attends for examination for a Certificate of Proficiency in Survival Craft (CPSC) shall be €21.

7. The fee payable on each occasion on which a candidate attends for examination for a Certificate of Proficiency as a Ship’s Security Officer shall be €21.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

26 November 2010

NOEL DEMPSEY,

Minister for Transport.

The Minister for Finance consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal, of the Minister for Finance,

13 December 2010

BRIAN LENIHAN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations prescribe the fees payable for various services in relation to shipping and seamen under certain Merchant Shipping Acts including the

Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1968

and the

Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act 1979

.

8. 28.2.18.2.2

For the survey or inspection as described in Ref No. 8.1 where the ship is a classed ship and the load line Assigning Authority (as defined for the purposes of the Load Line Rules) certify in writing that the scantlings of the ship are sufficient for the deeper loading-a first survey for the exemptionA subsequent survey or inspection for the continuing of the exemption in force-made concurrently with a periodical survey or a periodical inspection carried out by a surveyor of ships appointed by the Minister,not so made

25% of the standard fee for an initial survey plus the standard periodical inspection fee.No feethe standard periodical inspection fee.

9. 5

For the survey carried out on a ship the owners of which require it to make a single voyage under tow

Standard fee

10. There shall be a fee of €172 payable in respect of the issue, in substitution for an existing load line certificate, or load line exemption certificate, of a corresponding certificate showing amended or extended plying limits (including such survey or inspection as may be necessary).

11. There shall be a fee of €86 payable in respect of the endorsement of a load line exemption certificate.

Part 2

12. 5% of the standard fee for an initial survey.50% of the standard periodical inspection fee.No fee.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

17

th December

, 2010.

I, NOEL DEMPSEY, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 463 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894,

section 26

of the

Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1968

(No. 17 of 1968), sections 3 and 8 (as amended by

section 91

of the

Merchant Shipping Act 2010

(No.14 of 2010)) of the

Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act 1979

(No. 37 of 1979), sections 18, 19, 20 (all as amended by

section 47

of the

Maritime Safety Act 2005

(No. 11 of 2005) as amended by

section 15

of the

Merchant Shipping Act 2010

(No. 14 of 2010)) and section 31 (as amended by

section 44

of the

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) Act 2000

(No. 14 of 2000)) of the

Merchant Shipping Act 1992

(No. 2 of 1992) and the Maritime Transport, Safety and Security (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order (

S.I. No. 842 of 2005

), with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following regulations