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S.I. No. 85 of 2000.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFE MANNING, HOURS OF WORK AND WATCHKEEPING) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2000.

S.I. No. 85 of 2000.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFE MANNING, HOURS OF WORK AND WATCHKEEPING) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2000.

I, FRANK FAHEY, Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 11 and 12 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1947 (No. 46 of 1947) , and section 3(2) of the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act, 1979 (No. 37 of 1979) , as adapted by the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983 (No. 40 of 1983) and the Marine (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 301 of 1997 ), hereby make the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) (Amendment) Regulations, 2000.

2. The Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) Regulations, 1998 ( S.I. No. 551 of 1998 ) are hereby amended as follows:

(a)  in paragraph (a) of Regulation 4(1) before “sea-farer” there shall be inserted “master and”;

(b)  in paragraph (b) of Regulation 4(1) before “sea-farer” there shall be inserted “master and”;

(c)  in paragraph (c) of Regulation 4(1) before “sea-farers” there shall be inserted “masters and”;

(d)  In Regulation 15 after “individual cases” there shall be added “, and may alter and cancel any exemptions so granted”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

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

These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) Regulations, 1998 ( S.I. No. 551 of 1998 ). The purpose of these amendments is to ensure that the ships are manned by personnel of appropriate grades who have been properly trained and certificated.