European Communities (Minimum Safety and Health Requirements for Improved Medical Treatment on Board Vessels) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 258/2020
• Year: 2020

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 24th July, 2020.

I, Eamon Ryan, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Directive 92/29/EEC of 31 March 19921 on the minimum safety and health requirements for improved medical treatment on board vessels, and for the purpose of giving effect to Article 28(b) of the Annex to Council Directive (EU) 2017/159 of 19 December 20162 , hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Minimum Safety and Health Requirements for Improved Medical Treatment on Board Vessels) (Amendment) Regulations 2020.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 August 2020.

2. The European Communities (Minimum Safety and Health Requirements for Improved Medical Treatment on Board Vessels) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 506 of 1997 )

are amended –

(a) in Regulation 3(3)(a), by the substitution of “over 500” for “of 500 or more”,

(b) by the insertion of the following Regulation after Regulation 8:

“8A. (1) The owner of a vessel shall ensure that the captain of the vessel-

(a) has attended an approved medical training course relating to the category of vessel concerned, and

(b) undertakes an approved updated medical training course within-

(i) a period of 2 years commencing on the date on which this Regulation comes into operation, and

(ii) each 5 year period thereafter, each such 5 year period commencing on the date the last approved updated medical training course was undertaken by the person.

(2) For the purposes of this Regulation, an approved medical training course is one-

(a) completed as part of the requirements for obtaining a certificate of competency, or

(b) specified for the time being by the Marine Survey Office as being approved, being a course which-

(i) takes into account the specific risks and needs connected with the category of vessel concerned,

(ii) is in accordance with the general guidelines set out in Annex V of the Council Directive, and

(iii) takes into account, where the vessel is a fishing vessel that has fishermen on board, the number of fishermen on board, the area of operation of the vessel and the length of the voyage.

(3) For the purposes of this Regulation, an approved updated medical training course is a course specified for the time being by the Marine Survey Office as being such a course.

(4) In this Regulation-

“certificate of competency” means a certificate of competency-

(a) issued under the Regulations...