S.I. No. 425/2002 - Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

S.I. No. 425 of 2002

Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

I, Dermot Ahern, Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 11 and 12 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1947 (No. 46 of 1947), and section 3 (2) of the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act 1979 (No. 37 of 1979) as adapted by the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1983 (No. 40 of 1983) and the Marine and Natural Resources (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 ( S.I. No. 307 of 2002 ) hereby make the following Regulations:

1.   These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) (Amendment) Regulations 2002.

2.   The Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 551 of 1998 ) are hereby amended as follows:

(1)              In regulation 2(1) the following definition shall be inserted:

“‘International Voyage’ means a voyage from a port in one State to a port in another State;”

(2)              In regulation 5(1) after “500 GT or more” the following shall be inserted:

“and to all passenger ships engaged on international voyages”.

Explanatory Note

(This is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

The Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 551 of 1998 ) are amended in order to include a definition of “international voyage” and to allow for a change in wording in Regulation 5(1) which extends the application of Regulation 5 (Safe Manning Document) to passenger ships on international voyages.