Merchant Shipping Act, 1966

Modification of section 46 of Act of 1952.

16.—Subsection (1) of section 46 of the Act of 1952 (which exempts certain ships from certain provisions) shall not prevent the application—

(a) to any ship of three hundred tons gross tonnage or upwards, of so much of the provisions mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection as relates to certificates issued under section 23 of that Act or equivalent accepted Safety Convention certificates;

(b) to any ship to which section 3 of this Act applies and which is registered in the State, of so much of the provisions mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection as relates to certificates issued under section 4 of this Act;

by reason only that she is of less than five hundred tons gross tonnage.