Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878

Provision as to ships.

126. For the purpose of the provisions of this Act relating to nuisances any ship or vessel lying in any river harbour or other water within the district of a sanitary authority shall be subject to the jurisdiction of that authority in the same manner as if it were a house within such district; and any ship or vessel lying in any river harbour or other water not within the district of a sanitary authority shall be deemed to be within the district of such sanitary authority as may have been or may be prescribed by the Local Government Board, and where no sanitary authority has been prescribed, then of the sanitary authority whose district nearest adjoins the place where such ship or vessel is lying.

The master or other officer in charge of any such ship or vessel shall be deemed for the purpose of the said provisions to be the occupier of such ship or vessel.

This section shall not apply to any ship or vessel under the command or charge of any officer bearing Her Majesty’s commission, or to any ship or vessel belonging to any foreign government.