Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 72:

In page 23, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:

"CHAPTER 6*

Safe Manning Regulations

57.—In this Chapter—

"accepted minimum safe manning document" has the meaning assigned to it by section 60(4)**; "approved ship's security plan" means the security plan for the ship approved by the Minister under Regulation (EC) No. 725/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on enhancing ship and port security2; "IMO number" means the identification number which conforms to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) ship identification number scheme

adopted by the IMO under regulation 3.2 of chapter XI-I of the Safety Convention; "IMO principles of safe manning" means the principles of safe manning adopted on 25 November 1999 by Resolution A.890(21) of the Conference of Contracting Governments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974, as amended by Resolution A.955(23) adopted by such Conference on 5 December 2003; "minimum safe manning document" means, in relation to a ship to which this Chapter applies, a document issued by or on behalf of the Minister under section 60 (1)**; "passenger ship" has the meaning assigned to it in section 2(1) of the Act of 1992; "safe manning regulations" means regulations made under section 59***.".

The purpose of this amendment is to insert Chapter 6 to put enabling provisions in place for the regulation of safe manning on solace ships. Amendment No. 72 provides section 57 to give definitions of the terms used in Chapter 6. Amendment No. 73 provides section 58 to set out the application of Chapter 6. Amendment No. 74 provides section 59, which is a key enabling provision to allow the Minister for Transport to make safe manning regulations to prescribe requirements for the appropriate minimum safe manning of solace ships. There is separate legislation under domestic and European Community law to regulate the safe manning and safety management of other vessels.

I understand amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 74 in respect of section 59, which was tabled by Deputy Broughan, was ruled out of order.

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