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Regulations with respect to safety.
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11.—(1) The Minister may make regulations for securing the safety of vessels to which this section applies, and may include in such regulations any supplemental or ancillary provisions which he considers proper.
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(2) Regulations under this section may apply to the whole of the State or to part thereof and different regulations may be made for different parts of the State.
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(3) Regulations under this section may, in particular, provide for any of the following matters:
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(a) licensing of vessels,
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(b) prohibition of carriage of passengers in vessels not licensed,
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(c) attachment of conditions to licences, including, in particular, conditions with respect to.
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(i) standards of seaworthiness to be maintained,
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(ii) life saving and fire fighting appliances to be carried,
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(iii) maximum number of passengers to be carried,
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(iv) limits within or routes on which vessels may be used for the carriage of passengers,
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(v) times within which vessels may operate,
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(d) licensing of persons in charge of vessels,
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(e) prohibition of carriage of passengers in vessels in charge of persons not licensed,
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(f) surveys of vessels,
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(g) cancellation and suspension of licences.
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(4) Where there is a contravention of any regulation under this section, the master and the owner of the vessel concerned shall each be guilty of an offence under this section and liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
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(5) Where there is a contravention of any condition attached to a licence issued under regulations under this section, the holder of the licence shall be guilty of an offence under this section and liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds.
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(6) Regulations under this section may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, fix fees to be paid in respect of surveys of vessels carried out pursuant to the regulations and in respect of licences granted under the regulations.
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(7) The Public Offices Fees Act, 1879, shall not apply in respect of fees under regulations made under this section and all such fees shall be collected and taken in such manner as the Minister for Finance directs from time to time and shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in accordance with the directions of that Minister.
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(8) This section applies to vessels used for carrying passengers for reward, exclusive of any such vessel which is in any of the classes specified in the rules in force at the commencement of this Act under section 427 of the Principal Act.
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