Seanad debates

Tuesday, 27 May 2003

Criminal Justice (Illicit Traffic by Sea) Bill 2000: Second Stage.

 

While the Council of Europe agreement obliges us to make such provision only for ships of the Council of Europe states, this provision is being extended to also include the ships of all convention states under the United Nations convention. Were this provision not so extended, it would result in the unsatisfactory situation of having a narrower range of offences applying to the ships of United Nations member states than would apply to ships of Council of Europe member states.

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