Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014

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Visitor registration — certain vessels

24. (1) A person visiting the State who operates domestically—

(a) a personal watercraft,

(b) a recreational craft 24 metres in load line length and greater,

(c) a small fast powered craft, or

(d) a ship carrying not more than 3 passengers for the purposes of angling as exempted in the Licensing of Passenger Boats (Exemption) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 274 of 2002 ) from the requirement to be licensed under section 14 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1992 ,

which is not registered in another state, shall apply to the Minister for a certificate of registry of visitor registration.

(2) (a) The Minister may, on application to him or her, grant a certificate of registry of visitor registration in respect of a vessel referred to in subsection (1) owned by a person visiting the State and operating domestically which is not registered in another state.

(b) Following the grant of visitor registration, the Minister shall issue a certificate of registry of visitor registration to the owner of the ship.

(c) A certificate of registry of visitor registration issued under paragraph (b)shall expire at a time specified on the certificate which may not exceed a period of 3 months.

(3) The Minister may make regulations for the purpose of prescribing details for visitor registration including, but not limited to, application requirements, documentation, categories of visitor registration, which may include such registration for groups or events, declarations and other supporting information.

(4) A certificate of registry of visitor registration shall be in an approved form.

(5) Subject to section 28 (4), a certificate of registry of visitor registration granted under this section shall at all times be carried on board the ship.

(6) Where there is a failure to comply with subsection (5), the owner or master of the ship concerned commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a class C fine.