Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act, 1968
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Irish load line certificates. |
16.—(1) Where a ship to which this Act applies, not being a registered ship, has been surveyed and marked in accordance with the load line rules, then on the application of the owner of the ship an Irish load line certificate shall be issued to him by the Minister or by a person authorised in that behalf by the Minister. | |
(2) Subject to the next following subsection, the provisions of sections 8 and 9 of this Act shall have effect in relation to a certificate issued under the preceding subsection as they have effect in relation to a certificate issued under section 7 of this Act. | ||
(3) Any certificate issued under subsection (1) of this section in respect of a ship to which section 13 of this Act applies shall be valid only so long as the ship is not plying on international voyages, and shall be cancelled by the Minister if he has reason to believe that the ship is plying on international voyages. |