S.I. No. 272/1985:

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY CONVENTION) (COUNTRIES OF ACCEPTANCE) ORDER, 1985.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY CONVENTION) (COUNTRIES OF ACCEPTANCE) ORDER, 1985.

I, JAMES MITCHELL, Minister for Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 4 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1952 (No. 29 of 1952), as amended by section 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1966 (No. 20 of 1966), and the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983 (No. 40 of 1983), hereby order as follows:--

1. This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) (Countries of Acceptance) Order, 1985.

2. The Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) (Countries of Acceptance) Order, 1983 ( S.I. No. 320 of 1983 ), is hereby revoked.

3. It is hereby declared that the Government of each of the countries specified in the Schedule to this Order has accepted the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea signed in London on behalf of the Government on the 1st day of November, 1974.

SCHEDULE

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 2nd day of September, 1985.

JAMES MITCHELL,

Minister for Communications.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order declares that the Governments of the countries specified in the Schedule thereto have accepted the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974. It replaces the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) (Countries of Acceptance) Order, 1983 ( S.I. No. 320 of 1983 ) so as to give an updated list of those countries that have accepted the Convention.

The principal effect of the declaration is that certain Convention certificates issued by the Governments of the countries listed will be regarded as having the same force in the State as certificates issued by the State.