S.I. No. 61/2024 - Sea Pollution (Ballast Water Management Convention) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

1. A description and diagrammatic drawings of the ballast water management system;

2. The operation, maintenance and safety manual;

3. Hazard identification;

4. Environmental and public health impacts;

5. System Design Limitations;

6. Any other relevant information requested by the MSO or recognised organisation acting on its behalf.

Signed: ...........................................................................................................

Date: ..............................................................................................................”

GIVEN under my hand,

23 February 2024

JACK CHAMBERS,

Minister of State in the Department of Transport

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

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

)

These Regulations amend the Sea Pollution (Ballast Water Management Convention) Regulations 2023 (

S.I. No. 188 of 2023

) to allow for the Marine Survey Office to delegate certain functions in relation to survey and certification to recognised organisations who are recognised in accordance with EU Regulation 391/2009.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

27

th February,

2024.

I, JACK CHAMBERS, Minister for State at the Department of Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 17

of the

Sea Pollution Act 1991

(No. 27 of 1991) and the Maritime Transport, Safety and Security (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2005 (

S.I. No. 842 of 2005

) and the Transport (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 (

S.I. No. 211 of 2023

), hereby make the following regulations