Merchant Shipping Act 2010

Fees — Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act 1979.

91.— (1) The Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act 1979 is amended—

(a) in section 3(2) by substituting for paragraph (c) the following:

“(c) provide for—

(i) the issue, form and recording of certificates and other documents, and

(ii) with the consent of the Minister for Finance, the fees to be charged for the issue, recording and administration of such,”,

and

(b) in section 8(1) by substituting for paragraph (b) the following:

“(b) in relation to a standard certified under this section, make regulations—

(i) corresponding to those provided under section 3(2)(b), and

(ii) prescribing, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, the fees to be charged for the issue, recording and administration of documents under paragraph (a).”.

(2) Any fees payable under regulations made under section 3(2)(c) and 8(1)(b) of the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act of 1979 shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer.