James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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I move amendment No. 12:

In page 43, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(3) The Maritime Safety Act 2005 is amended—

(a) in section 34, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) The Minister may make regulations—(a)specifying such charts, nautical directions or information or other nautical publications as appear to him or her to be necessary or expedient for the safe operation of vessels and such regulations may require—

(i) Irish ships, or such class or description of such ships as is specified in the regulations, to carry either at all times or on such voyages as is so specified,

(ii) vessels which are not Irish ships, or such class or description of such vessels as is so specified, to carry at any time while they are in Irish waters or such of those waters as is so specified, either a copy of all, or a copy of such as are so specified, of the charts, nautical directions or information or other nautical publications so specified,

(b) prescribing requirements for the survey of vessels for compliance with regulations made under this section, including the extent, manner and intervals of such surveys, and

(c) prescribing requirements for the inspection of vessels to ensure continued compliance with regulations made under this section.”,

and

(b) in section 40, by the substitution in subsection (1) of “board, survey and inspect” for “board and inspect”.”.