Merchant Shipping (Certificates of Proficiency In Survival Craft) Regulations, 1984

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 191/1984
• Year: 1984

S.I. No. 191 of 1984.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (CERTIFICATES OF PROFICIENCY IN SURVIVAL CRAFT) REGULATIONS, 1984.

I, JAMES MITCHELL, Minister for Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 427 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (as amended by section 11 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1952 (No. 29 of 1952), and section 10 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1966 (No. 20 of 1966)), section 12 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1947 (No. 46 of 1947), section 8 of the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act, 1979 (No. 37 of 1979), and the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983 (No. 40 of 1983), hereby make the following Regulations:— 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Certificates of Proficiency in Survival Craft) Regulations, 1984.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 19th day of October, 1984. 2. In these Regulations:

"approved" means approved of by the Minister;

"Marine Notice" means a Notice issued by the Department of Communications;

"specified by the Minister" means standing specified for the time being in a Marine Notice. 3. (1) An applicant for a certificate of proficiency in survival craft shall have—

(a) attained 18 years of age;

(b) attended an approved basic sea survival course;

(c) either completed sea-going service of not less than 12 months or attended an approved survival craft training course and completed such lesser period of sea-going service as may be specified by the Minister;

(d) satisfied the Minister by examination that he is familiar with the matters set out in the First Schedule hereto and as to his competence in the matters set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

(2) The conduct of any examination mentioned in paragraph (1) of this Regulation, the conditions of admission to it and the appointment of examiners shall be such as may be specified by the Minister. 4. The Minister, upon being satisfied that the requirements of Regulation 3 are met, and on receipt of the fee payable may issue to an applicant a certificate of proficiency in survival craft. 5. A record of all certificates of proficiency in survival craft issued under these Regulations and of the suspension, cancellation or alteration of, and any other matters affecting any such certificates shall be kept, in such manner as the Minister may require, by the Registrar of Shipping or by such other person as the Minister may direct. 6. If a person entitled to a certificate or proficiency in survival craft proves to the satisfaction of the Minister that he has, without fault on his part, lost or been deprived of a certificate already issued to him, the Minister shall, and where he is not so satisfied may, upon receipt of any fee payable, cause a copy of the certificate to which the said person appears to be entitled to be issued to him. Any such copy shall, before it is...