Merchant Shipping Act 1992

Powers of authorised officers.

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25. — (1) An authorised officer may, on production (in the case of an officer of the Minister) of his authorisation if so requested by any person affected, for the purposes of the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1992, and any rules or regulations thereunder, board any vessel and—

(a) inspect and examine the vessel,

(b) inspect and take copies of, or of extracts from, the vessel's log (if any) and the vessel's manifest (if any) and any other records or documents pertaining to the vessel or its owner found on the vessel.

(2) An authorised officer may, for the purposes of his functions under this Act or regulations thereunder, stop a vessel and request any member of the crew of the vessel to furnish him with such information, and to produce to him such records and documents in his possession or within his procurement, as he may reasonably require for the purpose of such functions.

(3) A person who obstructs or interferes with an authorised officer in the exercise of his functions under this Act or who fails or refuses to comply with a request of an authorised officer under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F35[€5,000] or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

Annotations:

Amendments:

F35

Substituted (29.07.2005) by Maritime Safety Act 2005 (11/2005), s. 50(m), commenced as per s. 1(10). A fine of €5,000 translates into a class A fine not exceeding €5,000 as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 4(3) and table ref. no. 1, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.

Modifications (not altering text):

C11

Application of section extended (13.08.2002) by European Communities (Passenger Ships) Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 417 of 2002), reg. 6.

6. Section 25 of the Act of 1992 applies for the purposes of these Regulations as it applies for the purposes of regulations made under that Act.

Editorial Notes:

E59

Previous affecting provision: application of section modified (29.06.2011) by European Communities (Passenger Ships) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 322 of 2011), reg. 12, in effect as per reg. 1(2); revoked (21.12.2019) by European Union (Passenger Ships) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 676 of 2019), reg. 25, in effect as per reg. 1(2), subject to transitional provision in reg. 26.

E60

Previous affecting provision: application of section modified (16.11.2004) by European Communities (Passenger Ships) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 716 of 2004), reg. 12; revoked (29.06.2011) by European Communities (Passenger Ships) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 322 of 2011), reg. 15, in effect as per reg. 1(2).

E61

Previous affecting provision: application of section extended (13.08.2002) by European Communities (Passenger Ships) Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 419 of 2002), reg. 10; revoked (16.11.2004) by European Communities (Passenger Ships) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 716 of 2004), reg. 14.