Seanad debates

Wednesday, 3 December 2003

Order of Business. - Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages.

 

This amendment refers to section 37, which amends section 16 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1992. This enables the Minister to revoke any or all passenger boat licences held by an individual who has been found guilty of an offence even when the offence has occurred on another passenger boat. A further amendment is now proposed to enable the Minister to revoke any or all passenger boat licences and passenger ship certificates held by an individual who has been found guilty of an offence even when the offence occurs on another vessel. The earlier amendment would only have allowed the Minister to act in respect of any passenger boat licence and would not have been sufficient to enable the Minister to take action against an individual who owns both a passenger boat and a passenger ship.

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