Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014
Temporary registration — recreational craft under 24 metres in load line length | ||
23. (1) Where a recreational craft under 24 metres in load line length outside the State becomes the property of a qualified person ordinarily resident in the State, the Minister may grant a certificate of registry of temporary registration in respect of the craft for the purposes of navigating that ship to a port in the State. | ||
(2) Prior to the grant of temporary registration under this section, the owner of the ship shall provide a declaration of measurement particulars of the ship to the Minister and shall comply with the requirements of the Merchant Shipping Acts and the Sea Pollution Acts relating to it. | ||
(3) Following the grant of temporary registration under this section, the Minister shall issue a certificate of registry to be known as a certificate of registry of temporary registration to the owner of the ship. | ||
(4) The certificate of registry of temporary registration granted under subsection (1) shall expire at a time specified on the certificate which may not exceed a period of 6 months from the date of issue. | ||
(5) The Minister may make regulations prescribing details in relation to temporary registration requirements including but not limited to, documentation, declarations and other supporting information. | ||
(6) A certificate of registry of temporary registration shall be in an approved form. | ||
(7) A certificate of registry of temporary registration shall not be renewed. | ||
(8) Subject to section 28 (4), a certificate of registry of temporary registration granted under this section shall at all times be carried on board the ship to which it relates. | ||
(9) Where there is a failure to comply with subsection (8), the owner or master of the ship concerned commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a class C fine. |