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IRL-1966-L-85902
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Title_of_text
Merchant Shipping Act, 1966 (No. 20 of 1966).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Ireland
Subjects (Classification)
Seafarers
Adopted on (Date of text)
1966-07-12
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
1. Interpretation.
2. Application of Act of 1952 to the Convention.
3. Cargo ship construction and survey rules.
4. Cargo ship safety construction certificates and exemption certificates.
5. Notice of alterations and additional surveys.
6. Prohibition on proceeding to sea without appropriate certificates.
7. Exemption of ships holding appropriate certificates.
8. Penalty for non-compliance with rules and power to detain.
9. Damage control plans and stability information for passenger steamers.
10. Extension of power to make rules for life-saving appliances.
11. Requirements for portable radio apparatus carried in survival craft.
12. Radio installations.
13. Renewal of radio certificates for small cargo ships.
14. Issue of exemption certificates where Convention country issues corresponding qualified certificates.
15. Information about ships' stability.
16. Modification of section 46 of Act of 1952.
17. Extension of duty to report dangers to navigation.
18. Prohibition on proceeding to sea on international voyage without approved signalling lamp.
19. Amendment of section 271 of Merchant Shipping Act, 1894.
20. Transitional provisions and repeals.
21. Short title, collective citation and commencement.
Repeals the following sections of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1952.
(a) in section 3 (1) the definition of the "Merchant Shipping Acts";
(b) in section 28 (1) the words "the preceding provisions of";
(c) in section 32 (2) the words from "and shall be based" to the end of the subsection;
(d) in the Second Schedule, paragraphs 2 to 4.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1967-05-14
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Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1952-12-17 (IRL-1952-L-85903)
Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1952 (No. 29 of 1952).
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1981-12-23 (IRL-1981-L-85904)
Merchant Shipping Act, 1981 (No. 33 of 1981).
Amending text(s)
1992-03-11 (IRL-1992-L-85905)
Merchant Shipping Act, 1992 (No. 2 of 1992).
Amending text(s)
1968-06-23 (IRL-1968-L-85912)
Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act, 1968 (No. 17 of 1968).
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2010-07-03 (IRL-2010-L-85899)
Merchant Shipping Act, 2010 (No. 14 of 2010).
Related text(s)
1947-12-23 (IRL-1947-L-85901)
Merchant Shipping Act, 1947 (No. 46 of 1947).
Related text(s)
1996-12-14 (IRL-1996-L-85910)
Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act, 1996 (No. 35 of 1996).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line
Author
Irish Statute Book
Country
Ireland
URL
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1966/en/act/pub/0020/print.html
File
IRL85902.pdf (PDF)