Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 10:

In page 13, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:

“Report inwards and outwards of vessels

9. (1) The master of a vessel, whether laden or in ballast, entering the State shall—

(a) under and in accordance with regulations under subsection (3), submit or cause to be submitted a report of the vessel to the Commissioners,

and

(b) answer all questions relating to the voyage, vessel, passengers, crew, baggage, conveyances and goods or stores carried on board, as may be put to him or her by an officer of customs.

(2) The master of a vessel, whether laden or in ballast, departing the State shall—

(a) under and in accordance with regulations under subsection (3), submit or cause to be submitted a report of the vessel to the Commissioners, and

(b) answer all questions relating to the voyage, vessel, passengers, crew, baggage, conveyances and goods or stores carried on board, as may be put to him or her by an officer of customs.

(3) The Commissioners may make regulations for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2)specifying—

(a) the circumstances in which reports are required to be submitted and may specify different reporting requirements for different types and classes of vessel, and for different activities,

(b) the place and time for submission of such reports, and

(c) the form, manner and particulars of such reports.

(4) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of €5,000.".

Amendment No. 10 is to section 9, which provides that the master of a vessel arriving at, or departing from, the State is required to deliver a report of the vessel to Customs and Excise and to answer all questions relating to the voyage, vessel, passengers, goods carried and the crew. The amendment substitutes a revised text for section 9. Amendment No. 13 makes a corresponding change to section 11, which provides that the pilot in command of an aircraft arriving at, or departing from, the State is required to deliver a report as outlined earlier. The amendment also provides that the revised text does not constitute any change of substance to the requirement in the original text as published.