S.I. No. 188/2025 - Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Act 2025 (Commencement) Order 2025
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
1. This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Act 2025 (Commencement) Order 2025.
2. The 1
st
day of June 2025 is appointed as the day on which the following Parts of the
Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Act 2025
(No. 2 of 2025) shall come into operation
(a) Part 1;
(b) Part 5.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
13 May, 2025.
DARRAGH O’BRIEN,
Minister for Transport.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(
This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.
)
This Order specifies the date on which Part 1 – General provisions and Part 5 – Offshore service vessels of the
Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Act 2025
(No. 2 of 2025) come into operation. The date specified is 1 June 2025.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
16
th May,
2025.
I, DARRAGH O’BRIEN, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
section 1
(3) of the
Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Act 2025
(No. 2 of 2025), hereby order as follows