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Number 43 of 2014
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MERCHANT SHIPPING (REGISTRATION OF SHIPS) ACT 2014
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CONTENTS
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PART 1
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Preliminary and General
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Section
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1. Short title, collective citation and commencement
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2. Interpretation
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3. Fees
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4. Expenses
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5. Regulations
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6. Laying of orders and regulations
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7. Repeals
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8. Revocations
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PART 2
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Registration of Ships
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9. Irish Register of Ships
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10. Service agreements — administration of Register
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11. Requirement to register certain ships
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12. Entitlement to register certain ships on Register
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13. Registration of property in ships
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14. Transitional provisions
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15. Persons qualified to register on Register
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16. Representative persons
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17. Appointment of registrars of ships
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18. Procedure for application to register ship on Register and grant registration
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19. Procedure for application to renew the registration of ship on Register
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20. Measurement of ships
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21. Refusal of registration and removal of ships from Register
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22. Appeal process against refusal to register or removal of ship from Register
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23. Temporary registration — recreational craft under 24 metres in load line length
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24. Visitor registration — certain vessels
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25. Naming, power to disallow proposed names and change of name
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26. Carving and marking
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27. Foreign ships operating domestically must carry on board their certificate of registration
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28. Certificate of registry
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29. Delivery up of certificate of registry of ship lost or ceasing to be owned by qualified persons
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30. Ports of registry
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31. Transfer of port of registry
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32. Forms of documents and instruments
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PART 3
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Irish Ships, National Colour and Character
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33. Irish ships
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34. National colours for Irish ships
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35. Obligation to hoist national colours
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36. Prohibition on hoisting colours other than national colours
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37. Prohibition on assuming Irish character
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38. Prohibition on concealment of Irish character or assuming of foreign character
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PART 4
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Enforcement
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39. Authorised persons
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40. Powers of authorised persons
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41. Power to detain ships and procedure for detention and appeal
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42. Fixed payment notice
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PART 5
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Legal Issues
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43. Documents admissible in evidence
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44. Mode of making declarations
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45. False declarations concerning ownership, etc., of ships, and liability
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46. Notice of trusts not received
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47. Equities not excluded by Act
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PART 6
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Private Law Provisions
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48. Private law provisions for registered ships and liability of owner
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49. Transfers etc. of registered ships
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50. Transfer of property in ship on death, bankruptcy, etc.
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51. Order for sale on transfer to unqualified person
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52. Transfer of ship on sale by order of the court
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53. Power of court to prohibit transfer
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54. Mortgages of registered ships
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55. Priority of registered mortgages
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56. Notices by intending mortgagees — priority notices
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57. Registered mortgagee’s power of sale
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58. Protection of registered mortgages
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59. Mortgage not affected by bankruptcy
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60. Transfer of registered mortgage
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61. Transfer of registered mortgage on death, bankruptcy, etc.
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62. Discharge of registered mortgage
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PART 7
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Proceedings
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63. Proceedings
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64. Summary penalties
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65. Liability of owner and master
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66. Offence — body corporate
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67. Service of notification
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PART 8
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Consequential Amendments
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68. Consequential amendments of certain enactments
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PART 9
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Safety Convention
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69. Safety Convention
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SCHEDULE 1
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Repeals
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SCHEDULE 2
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Revocations
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SCHEDULE 3
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Ports of Registry
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SCHEDULE 4
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Consequential Amendment of Certain Enactments
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Acts Referred to
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Biological Weapons Act 2011
(No. 13)
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Broadcasting Act 2009
(No. 18)
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Civil Registration Act 2004
(No. 3)
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Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2008
(No. 20)
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Companies Act 1963
(No. 33)
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Companies Acts
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Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009
(No. 32)
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Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2012
(No. 11)
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Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010
(No. 6)
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Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005
(No. 2)
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Criminal Justice Act 1994
(No. 15)
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Criminal Justice Act 1999
(No. 10)
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Criminal Justice Act 2006
(No. 26)
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Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008
(No. 8)
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Criminal Law Act 1997
(No. 14)
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Defence Act 1954
(No. 18)
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Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act 1967
(No. 8)
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Dumping at Sea Act 1996
(No. 14)
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Finance Act 2002
(No. 5)
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Firearms Acts 1925 to 2009
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Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003
(No. 21)
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Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959
(No. 14)
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Fishery Harbour Centres Act 1968
(No. 18)
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Harbours Act 1996
(No. 11)
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Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000
(No. 29)
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Inland Fisheries Act 2010
(No. 10)
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International Criminal Court Act 2006
(No. 30)
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Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956
(No. 26)
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Maritime Safety Act 2005
(No. 11)
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Maritime Security Act 2004
(No. 29)
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Mercantile Marine Act 1955
(No. 29)
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Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1968
(No. 17)
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Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1998
(No. 20)
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Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1952
(No. 29)
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Merchant Shipping Act 1894
(57 & 58 Vic., c.60)
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Merchant Shipping Act 1966
(No. 20)
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Merchant Shipping Act 1992
(No. 2)
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Merchant Shipping Act 2010
(No. 14)
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Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 2014
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National Cultural Institutions Act 1997
(No. 11)
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Offences Against the State Act 1939
(No. 13)
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Refugee Act 1996
(No. 17)
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Sea Pollution (Amendment) Act 1999
(No. 18)
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Sea Pollution (Hazardous Substances) (Compensation) Act 2005
(No. 9)
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Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006
(No. 29)
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Sea Pollution Acts 1991 to 2014
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Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006
(No. 8)
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Shipping Investment Grants Act 1987
(No. 21)
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Taxes Consolidation Act 1997
(No. 39)
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Wireless Telegraphy Act 1926
(No. 45)
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Number 43 of 2014
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MERCHANT SHIPPING (REGISTRATION OF SHIPS) ACT 2014
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An Act to revise the law on the registration, national character, mortgage, sale, transfer, ownership and measurement of Irish ships, to repeal the
Mercantile Marine Act 1955
, to amend certain enactments in this regard, to amend the definition of “Safety Convention” in the
Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1952
and to provide for connected matters.
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[25 th December, 2014]
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Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
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