John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)

This drafting amendment refers to section 36.

Amendment agreed to.

Government amendment No. 3:

In page 28, to delete lines 36 to 43 and substitute the following:

37.–The Merchant Shipping Act 1992 is amended–

(a) in section 9 by inserting after subsection (2) the following:

'2(A) Where the Minister revokes or suspends a certificate in respect of a particular vessel, and is of opinion that it is in the interests of safety that the holder of the certificate should not be the holder of a certificate or licence in relation to other vessels, then the Minister may revoke or suspend any other certificate or licence held by the holder in relation to any other vessel.", and

(b) in section by inserting after subsection (2) the following:

'2(A) Where the Minister revokes or suspends a licence in respect of a particular vessel under subsection (2), and is of opinion that it is in the interests of safety that the holder of the licence should not be the holder of a licence or certificate in relation to other vessels, then the Minister may revoke or suspend any other licence or certificate held by the holder in relation to any other vessel." '.