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Transitional provisions.
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13.—(1) The Minister may by regulations provide that for such purposes, for such a period and subject to such conditions as may be specified by or under the regulations—
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(a) any country to which the Convention of 1960 applied shall be treated for the purposes of the Act of 1952 and the Act of 1966 as if it were a country to which the Convention of 1974 applies; and
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(b) any certificate which, immediately before the commencement of this Act, was an accepted Safety Convention certificate within the meaning of the Act of 1952, as amended by the Act of 1966, may be treated as if it were an accepted Safety Convention certificate within the meaning of the Act of 1952, as amended by this Act.
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(2) The reference in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section to a certificate which, immediately before the commencement of this Act, was an accepted Safety Convention certificate within the meaning of the Act of 1952, as amended by the Act of 1966, includes a reference to a certificate which—
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(a) purports to have been issued in accordance with the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1948, in respect of a ship registered outside the State; and
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(b) immediately before the commencement of this Act was treated by virtue of regulations under section 20 (3) of the Act of 1966 as an accepted Safety Convention certificate within the meaning of the Act of 1952 as amended by the Act of 1966.
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(3) In this section “the Convention of 1960” means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea signed in London on behalf of the Government on the 17th day of June, 1960.
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