Amendment No. 51 provides for section 36, which enables the Minister for Transport to formulate the nuclear carriage rules and prescribe structural operational and survey requirements for Irish ships engaged or intending to engage in the carriage of nuclear cargo. Amendment No. 52 provides for section 37, which prescribes the certification requirements for nuclear carriers. Such vessels are prohibited from going to sea without the required certification. The SOLAS international certificate of fitness ceases to be in force if survey and other specified requirements are not met or on transfer of the ship to another state.

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