S.I. No. 336/2012 - Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2012.

1. Initial survey, renewal survey and annual or intermediate survey

GT of ship

Fee for Initial survey

Fee for Renewal survey

Fee for Annual or Intermediate survey

tonnes

€

€

€

Not exceeding 3,000

976.00

488.00

345.00

Exceeding 3,000 but not exceeding 5,000

1,951.00

653.00

459.00

Exceeding 5,000

3,056.00

1,019.00

2. The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Order 2010 (

S.I. No. 594 of 2010

) is amended in Schedule 1, by substituting for Part 3 the following

“

Part 3

Fees payable for cargo ship safety equipment certification.

717. 00

”.

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Order.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform,

27 August 2012.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

6 September 2012.

LEO VARADKAR,

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order amends the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Order 2010 (

S.I. No. 594 of 2010

) to provide that the band of fees for the largest size ships set out in the 2010 Order, payable for surveys done for the purposes of cargo ship safety equipment certification, applies to cargo ships that exceed 5,000 gross tonnage.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

11

th September

, 2012.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 5

of the

Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 1939

(No. 12 of 1939),

section 5

(as extended by section 3(4) of the

Merchant Shipping Act 1966

(No. 20 of 1966)) of the

Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1952

(No. 29 of 1952),

section 90

of the

Merchant Shipping Act 2010

(No. 14 of 2010) and the Maritime Transport, Safety and Security (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2005 (

S.I. No. 842 of 2005

) (as adapted by the Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 (

S.I. No. 141 of 2011

)), with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby order as follows