Fishing Vessel (Personal Flotation Devices) Regulations, 2001

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 586/2001
• Year: 2001

I, FRANK FAHEY, Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 19 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1992 , as amended by section 44 of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) Act, and the Marine (Alteration of Name of Department and Name of Minister) Order 1997 ( S.I. No. 301 of 1997 ), hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and Commencement

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Fishing Vessel (Personal Flotation Devices) Regulations, 2001.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 1 March 2002.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

“crew member” means the skipper or any other person gainfully employed or engaged by the owner or skipper in any capacity on board a fishing vessel;

“fishing vessel” means any vessel designed, equipped or used commercially for catching or taking fish or other living resources of the sea (including the sea bed) but does not include a boat that is registered under the law of any State, other than the State;

“suitable personal flotation device” means a flotation device-

(a) sufficient to give a person using it a positive buoyancy in waters which are likely to be encountered where the vessel on which it is required to be used is reasonably likely to be,

(b) which is appropriate to the...