S.I. No. 4/1960:

LICENSING OF SEA-FISHING VESSELS REGULATIONS, 1960.

LICENSING OF SEA-FISHING VESSELS REGULATIONS, 1960.

I, MICHEÁL Ó MÓRÁIN, Minister for Lands, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 9 of the Sea Fisheries Act, 1952 (No. 7 of 1952), as amended by section 4 of the Sea Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1959 (No. 28 of 1959), and the Fisheries (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1957 ( S.I. No. 67 of 1957 ), hereby make the following regulations :

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Licensing of Sea-Fishing Vessels Regulations, 1960.

2. Seventy-five feet is hereby prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) of section 9 of the Sea Fisheries Act, 1952 (No. 7 of 1952), as amended by section 4 of the Sea Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1959 (No. 28 of 1959).

3. The form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations is hereby prescribed as the form of application for a licence under the said section 9.

SCHEDULE.

SEA FISHERIES ACTS, 1952 TO 1959.

APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE FOR A SEA-FISHING VESSEL.

I/We, the undersigned, hereby apply to the Minister for Lands for a licence under section 9 of the Sea Fisheries Act, 1952 , for the vessel to which the following particulars (which I/We hereby declare to be true and accurate) relate :

Name.................................................Letter(s) and Number..............................

Port of registry........................................Date of registry...................................

When and where built............................................................ ............................

Registered length.................................Over all length........................................

Gross tonnage......................................Net tonnage...........................................

Type of engine.....................................Horse-power..........................................

Number of crew usually employed............................................................ ..........

Mode of fishing............................................................ ......................................

Port(s) at which fish normally landed from vessel..................................................

Particulars in respect of the owner of the vessel or, if there is more than one owner, of each owner:--

Name............................................................ .....................................

Address or, in the case of a company, registered office............................................................ .....................................

Nationality............................................................ .............................

Place of birth............................................................ .........................

If any owner was born outside the State, grounds on which Irish nationality is claimed............................................................ ...................................

............................................................ ...............................................

If a body corporate is the owner of the vessel--

Is it established under and subject to the law of the State?...................

Address of its principal place of business............................................

............................................................ .............................................

If the vessel is chartered or hired, name and address of charterer or hirer............................................................ ............................................................ ....

Full particulars of charter or hire arrangements............................................................ ..

............................................................ ............................................................ ...........

In the case of an applicant who is not the owner, charterer or hirer of the vessel, name, address and capacity in which applying............................................................ .............

............................................................ ............................................................ ..........

Signature(s) of applicant(s).................................................

Date.....................

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 5th day of January, 1960.

MICHEÁL Ó MÓRÁIN,

Minister for Lands.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of these Regulations is that no vessel exceeding seventy-five feet over all in length shall be used for sea-fishing except under and in accordance with a licence which must be applied for in the form in the Schedule.