S.I. No. 263/1955:

MERCANTILE MARINE ACT, 1955 (RECIPROCATING STATE) (UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES) ORDER, 1955.

MERCANTILE MARINE ACT, 1955 (RECIPROCATING STATE) (UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES) ORDER, 1955.

WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (1) of section 19 of the Mercantile Marine Act, 1955 (No. 29 of 1955), that the Government may by order declare a particular state to be a reciprocating state if they are of opinion that it would be in the national interest so to do, and if they are satisfied that Irish citizens and Irish bodies corporate are entitled, under the laws of that state, to own a ship or a share in a ship having the nationality of that state :

AND WHEREAS the Government are of opinion that it would be in the national interest by order to make such declaration in respect of the United Kingdom (including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) and Colonies and are satisfied that Irish citizens and Irish bodies corporate are entitled under the laws of the said United Kingdom and Colonies to own a ship or a share in a ship having the nationality of the said United Kingdom and Colonies.

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the power conferred on them by subsection (1) of section 19 of the Mercantile Marine Act, 1955 (No. 29 of 1955), hereby order as follows :

1. This Order may be cited as the Mercantile Marine Act, 1955 (Reciprocating State) (United Kingdom and Colonies) Order, 1955.

2. The United Kingdom (including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) and Colonies is hereby declared to be a reciprocating state for the purposes of the Mercantile Marine Act, 1955 (No. 29 of 1955).

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 22nd day of December, 1955.

JOHN A. COSTELLO,

Taoiseach.