Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1952
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Amendment of section 9 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1906. |
14.—The following subsections are hereby substituted for subsection (1) of section 9 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1906 — | |
“(1) The master of every ship registered in the State shall cause to be entered in the official log-book a statement, or if there is no official log-book cause other record to be kept, of every occasion on which boat-drill or fire-drill is practised on board the ship or on which the appliances and equipment required by the rules for life-saving appliances to be carried are examined to see whether they are fit and ready for use and of the result of any such examination. | ||
(1A) If— | ||
(a) in the case of a passenger steamer, boat-drill or fire-drill is not practised on board the ship in any week, | ||
(b) in the case of any other ship, boat-drill or fire-drill is not practised on board the ship in any month, | ||
(c) in the case of any ship, the said appliances and equipment are not examined in any such period as is prescribed by the said rules, | ||
the master shall cause a statement to be entered or other record to be kept as aforesaid of the reasons why the drill was not practised or the appliances and equipment were not examined in that week, month or period.” |