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S.I. No. 538/2022 - European Communities (Merchant Shipping) (Investigation of Accidents) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Type Statutory Instrument

Publication 2022-10-28

Last updated 2025-04-14

State In force superseded text

Text As published

Source Irish Statute Book

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1 amending act · 2025-04-14, MERCHANT SHIPPING (INVESTIGATION OF MARINE ACCIDENTS) ACT 2025

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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 28th October, 2022.

I, EAMON RYAN, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Directive 2009/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009¹ , hereby make the following regulations:

1.

These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Merchant Shipping) (Investigation of Accidents) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.

2.

The European Communities (Merchant Shipping) (Investigation of Accidents) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 276 of 2011 ) (amended by the European Communities (Merchant Shipping) (Investigation of Accidents) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. No. 444 of 2020 )) are amended –

(a) by the substitution of the following Regulation for Regulation 4:

“Investigative body

The Marine Casualty Investigation Board is designated as the investigative body in the State referred to in Article 8 of the Directive.”,

and

(b) in Regulation 5,

(i) in paragraph (d), by the substitution of ““vessel”, and” for ““vessel”,”, and

(ii) by the deletion of paragraphs (dd) and (e).

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25 October, 2022.

EAMON RYAN,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Merchant Shipping) (Investigation of Accidents) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 276 of 2011 ) as amended by the European Communities (Merchant Shipping) (Investigation of Accidents) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. No. 444 of 2020 ) arising from the enactment of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Act 2022 (No. 8 of 2022).

Footnotes

OJ No. L 131, 28.5.2009, p114-127

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