S.I. No. 124/1960:

MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1894 (EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN TRAWLERS FROM SECTION 413 (1)) ORDER, 1960.

MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1894 (EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN TRAWLERS FROM SECTION 413 (1)) ORDER, 1960.

I, ERSKINE H. CHILDERS, Minister for Transport and Power, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 369 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, as adapted, and the Transport, Fuel and Power (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1959 ( S.I. No. 125 of 1959 ), hereby order as follows :

1. This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (Exemption of Certain Trawlers from Section 413 (1)) Order, 1960.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. On and after the 7th day of July, 1960, fishing boats being trawlers of twenty-five tons tonnage or upwards but not exceeding fifty tons shall be exempt from the provisions of subsection (1) of section 413 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, when--

(a) carrying as skipper either a duly certificated skipper or a duly certificated second hand whose certificate has been endorsed to certify that he is competent to act as skipper of a fishing boat not exceeding fifty tons tonnage, and

(b) not proceeding north of latitude 61° N. or south of latitude 48° 30" N. or west of longitude 14° 30' W.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 15th day of June, 1960.

ERSKINE H. CHILDERS,

Minister for Transport and Power.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides that it shall be sufficient for trawlers of 25 to 50 tons gross, not proceeding beyond certain limits, to carry either a duly certificated skipper or a duly certificated second hand instead of the two certificated persons (skipper and second hand) hitherto required.