Fishing Vessel (Personal Flotation Devices) (Amendment) Regulations, 2008

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 63/2008
• Year: 2008

S.I. No. 63 of 2008

FISHING VESSEL (PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 11th March, 2008.

I, NOEL DEMPSEY, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 19 (as amended by section 47(1) of the Maritime Safety Act 2005 (No. 11 of 2005)) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1992 (No. 2 of 1992) and the Maritime Transport, Safety and Security (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2005 ( S.I. No. 842 of 2005 ), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fishing Vessel (Personal Flotation Devices) (Amendment) Regulations 2008.

2. The definition of “suitable personal flotation device” in Regulation 2 of the Fishing Vessel (Personal Flotation Devices) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 586 of 2001 ), is amended by substituting for paragraph (c) the following:

“(c) which has on it either—

(i) the CE conformity marking...