Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) Act, 2000

PART 1

Preliminary

Short title, commencement, construction, collective citation and effect.

1.— (1) This Act may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) Act, 2000.

(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as, by order or orders made by the Minister under this section, may be fixed therefor, either generally or with reference to a particular purpose or provision, and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions.

(3) This Act shall be construed as one with the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1998, and may be cited together with those Acts as the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 2000.

(4) This Act shall not apply to vessels of the Naval Service of the Defence Forces.