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Load line certificates of ships not registered in Saorstát Eireann.
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55.—(1) The provisions of this Part of this Act relating to the issue, effect, duration, renewal and cancellation of Saorstát Eireann load line certificates shall apply to load line ships not registered in Saorstát Eireann as they apply to Saorstát Eireann load line ships subject to the following modifications, namely:—
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(a) any such certificate may be issued in respect of an international load line ship as in respect of a local load line ship, so however that any such certificate issued in respect of a Load Line Convention ship shall only be valid so long as the ship is not plying on international voyages, and shall be endorsed with a statement to that effect, and shall be cancelled by the Minister if he has reason to believe that the ship is so plying; and
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(b) the survey required for the purpose of seeing whether the certificate should remain in force shall take place when required by the Minister.
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(2) Where the Minister is satisfied—
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(a) either—
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(i) that by the law in force in any part of the British Commonwealth of Nations provision has been made for the fixing, marking and certifying of load lines on ships (or any class or description of ships) registered in that part of the British Commonwealth of Nations; or
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(ii) that provision has been made as aforesaid by the law in force in any country outside the British Commonwealth of Nations with respect to ships (or any class or description of ships) of that country and has also been so made (or has been agreed to be so made) for recognising Saorstát Eireann load line certificates as having the same effect in ports of that country as certificates issued under the said provision; and
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(b) that the said provision for the fixing, marking and certifying of load lines is based on the same principles as the corresponding provisions of this Part of this Act and is equally effective;
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the Minister may by order direct that load line certificates issued in pursuance of the said provision in respect of ships (or that class or description of ships) registered in that part of the British Commonwealth of Nations or in respect of ships (or that class or description of ships) of that country, outside the British Commonwealth of Nations as the case may be, shall have the same effect for the purpose of this Part of this Act as Saorstát Eireann load line certificates:
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Provided that no Order made under this sub-section shall apply to Load Line Convention ships plying on international voyages.
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