S.I. No. 109/2023 - Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships) (Amendment) Rules 2023

1. These Rules may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships) (Amendment) Rules 2023.

2. Schedule 1 to the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships) Rules 2020 (

S.I. No. 640 of 2020

) is amended in the Sea Area entry entitled West Coast of Ireland, by substituting, for the matter in the second row in relation to Ballaghaline Point to Trawkeera Point, for

“

Ballaghaline Point to Trawkeera Point

X

X

✓

X

Doolin to Aran Islands

”

the following

“

Hag’s Head to Ballaghaline Point

X

X

✓

X

Doolin to Cliffs of Moher

Ballaghaline Point to Trawkeera Point

X

X

✓*

X

* Doolin to Inisheer from 1 March to 31 October

”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

7 March, 2023.

EAMON RYAN,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

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

)

These Rules amend Schedule 1, Sea Areas, to the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships) Rules 2020 (

S.I. No. 640 of 2020

) in relation to Sea Area locations off the West Coast of Ireland.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

10

th March,

2023.

I, EAMON RYAN, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

sections 10

(inserted by

section 7

of the

Merchant Shipping Act 2010

(No. 14 of 2010)) and

15

(inserted by

section 8

of the

Merchant Shipping Act 2010

) (as adapted by the Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (

S.I. No. 373 of 2020

)) of the

Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1952

(No. 29 of 1952),

sections 82

and

84

of the

Merchant Shipping Act 2010

(as adapted by the Transport, Tourism and Sport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (

S.I. No. 351 of 2020

)), hereby make the following rules