S.I. No. 270/2013 - Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) (Countries of Acceptance) Order 2013.

1. This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) (Countries of Acceptance) Order 2013.

2. It is declared that—

(

a

) the government of each of the countries specified in Schedule 1 has accepted the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea signed in London on behalf of the Government on 1 November 1974, and

(

b

) that convention extends to each of the territories specified in Schedule 2.

3. The Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) (Countries of Acceptance) Order 2008 (

S.I. No. 553 of 2008

) is revoked.

Schedule 1

Article 2

Countries to which Safety Convention applies

Albania

Antigua and Barbuda

Austria

Bahrain

Belarus

Benin

Brunei Darussalam

Cameroon

Chile

Camoros

Costa Rica

Cuba

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Djibouti

Ecuador

Eritrea

Fiji

Gabon

Germany

Grenada

Guyana

Hungary

Indonesia

Ireland

Jamaica

Kazakhstan

Kuwait

Liberia

Luxembourg

Malaysia

Marshall Islands

Mexico

Montenegro

Myanmar

New Zealand

Niue

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Qatar

Romania

Saint Lucia

Sao Tome and Principe

Serbia

Singapore

Solomon Islands

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

Turkmenistan

United Arab Emirates

United States

Venezuela

Algeria

Argentina

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Belgium

Bolivia

Bulgaria

Canada

China

Congo

Cote d’Ivoire

Cyprus

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Dominica

Egypt

Estonia

Finland

Gambia

Ghana

Guatemala

Haiti

Iceland

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Israel

Japan

Kenya

Latvia

Libya

Madagascar

Maldives

Mauritania

Monaco

Morocco

Namibia

Nicaragua

Norway

Palau

Paraguay

Poland

Republic of Korea

Russian Federation

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saudi Arabia

Seychelles

Slovakia

South Africa

Sudan

Switzerland

Togo

Tunisia

Tuvalu

United Kingdom

Uruguay

Viet Nam

Angola

Australia

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Brazil

Cambodia

Cape Verde

Colombia

Cook Islands

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

Dominican Republic

Equatorial Guinea

Ethiopia

France

Georgia

Greece

Guinea

Honduras

India

Iraq

Italy

Jordan

Kiribati

Lebanon

Lithuania

Malawi

Malta

Mauritius

Mongolia

Mozambique

Netherlands

Nigeria

Oman

Panama

Peru

Portugal

Republic of Moldova

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Samoa

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Slovenia

Spain

Suriname

Syrian Arab Republic

Tonga

Turkey

Ukraine

United Republic of Tanzania

Vanuatu

Yemen

Schedule 2

Article 2

Territories to which Safety Convention extends

Faroe IslandsHong Kong, ChinaMacau, China

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

16 July 2013.

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 declares that the Government of the countries specified in the Order have accepted the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 (SOLAS) of the International Maritime Organisation and that the Convention extends to particular territories. The effect of the Order is to bring the list of countries and territories up to date. It also revokes the previous Statutory Instrument, the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) (Countries of Acceptance) Order 2008 (

S.I. No. 553 of 2008

).

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

26

th July

, 2013.

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

section 4

of the

Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1952

(No. 29 of 1952) (as adapted by

section 2

of the

Merchant Shipping Act 1981

(No. 33 of 1981)) 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

)), hereby order as follows