Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act, 1968
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Production of certificate to customs officer. |
17.—(1) Subject to any exemption conferred by or under this Act, before a ship to which this Act applies, not being a registered ship, proceeds to sea from any port in the State, the master of the ship shall produce the appropriate certificate to the officer of customs from whom a clearance for the ship is demanded; and a clearance shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained, until the appropriate certificate is so produced. | |
(2) For the purposes of this section the appropriate certificate— | ||
(a) in the case of a ship to which section 13 of this Act applies, where a clearance for the ship is demanded in respect of an international voyage, is a valid Convention certificate; | ||
(b) in the case of any such ship, where a clearance for the ship is demanded in respect of any other voyage, is either a valid Convention certificate or an Irish load line certificate for the time being in force in respect of the ship; and | ||
(c) in any other case, is an Irish load line certificate for the time being in force in respect of the ship. |