Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

I move amendment No. 25:

In page 17, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:

"20.—The Act of 1992 is amended in section 2(1) by the insertion, in the definition of 'vessel', after 'navigation' of 'and includes personal watercraft and recreational craft'.".

I submitted this amendment on Committee Stage due to concerns on first reading the Bill about the definition of "vessel". The definition at section 2(1) of the 1992 Act did not go far enough and section 2 of the Bill seems to rely on the definition of "vessel" in that Act. The amendment is designed to extend the definition to make it clear that jet skis and other small recreational craft are included. It intends that the definition of "vessel" would be wide-ranging enough to ensure all the improvements in the Bill would apply to such craft.

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