Merchant Shipping Act 2010

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Application (Chapter 6).

58.— F7[(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Chapter applies to—

(a) Irish ships to which Chapter 1 of the Annex to the Safety Convention applies,

(b) other Irish sea-going ships as the Minister may by regulations determine, and

(c) any other ship while in any port in the State unless it would not have been in such port but for the stress of weather or any other circumstance that neither the master nor the owner of the ship could have prevented or forestalled.]

(2) This Chapter does not apply to—

(a) ships of war, troopships, fishing vessels under 24 metres in length, and

(b) pleasure yachts not engaged in trade.

Annotations

Amendments:

F7

Substituted (1.06.2025) by Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Act 2025 (2/2025), s. 52(5)(d), S.I. No. 188 of 2025.

Modifications (not altering text):

C5

Application of chapter (ss. 57-63) restricted (16.02.2024) by European Union (international Labour Organisation Work in Fishing Convention) (Safe Manning) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 52 of 2024), reg. 4.

Application

4. These Regulations apply to fishing vessels of 15 metres in Loa and over. Consequently, Chapter 6 of the Act of 2010 no longer applies to fishing vessels 24 metres in length and over.

Editorial Notes:

E11

Previous affecting provision: application of chapter (ss. 57-63) restricted (1.07.2023) by European Union (international Labour Organisation Work in Fishing Convention) (Safe Manning) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 315 of 2023), reg. 4, in effect as per reg. 1(2); revoked (16.02.2024) by European Union (international Labour Organisation Work in Fishing Convention) (Safe Manning) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 52 of 2024), reg. 14.