S.I. No. 265/1994:

MERCHANT SHIPPING (CERTIFICATION OF MARINE ENGINEER OFFICERS AND MARINE ENGINE OPERATORS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1994.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (CERTIFICATION OF MARINE ENGINEER OFFICERS AND MARINE ENGINE OPERATORS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1994.

I, DAVID ANDREWS, Minister for the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 8 of the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act, 1979 (No. 37 of 1979), and the Communications (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 91 of 1987 ), hereby make the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Marine Engineer Officers and Marine Engine Operators) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1994.

2. The Merchant Shipping (Certification of Marine Engineer Officers and Marine Engine Operators) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 369 of 1988 ), are hereby amended:

( a ) by the insertion in Regulation 2 (1) after the definition of "GRT" of the following definition:

" 'ice class notation' means an endorsement to a Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate issued by a certifying authority to the owner of a vessel which has been specifically strengthened for navigation in ice;".

( b ) by the insertion after "latitude 58 degrees North," in the paragraph entitled "Near Continental Trading Area" in the Second Schedule of the following:

"(vessels which hold an ice class notation recognised by the Minister may operate as far north as 60 degrees and within the entire Gulf of Finland)".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 29th day of August, 1994.

DAVID ANDREWS,

Minister for the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Marine Engineer Officers and Marine Engine Operators) Regulations, 1988 ( S.I. No. 369 of 1988 ) in order to allow vessels with an ice class notation as far North as 60 degrees and within the entire Gulf of Finland.