S.I. No. 319 of 2008

TRANSPORT (DELEGATION OF MINISTERIAL FUNCTIONS) (MARITIME) ORDER 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 25th July, 2008.

The Government, on the request of the Minister for Transport and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(1) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1977 (No. 28 of 1977), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Transport (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (Maritime) Order 2008.

2. The powers (other than the power to bring a prosecution) and duties of the Minister for Transport conferred on him by or under-

(a) the enactments specified in Part 1,

(b) the provisions of the enactments specified in Part 2, and

(c) the Regulations specified in Part 3,

of the Schedule are delegated to Noel Ahern, Minister of State at the Department of Transport.

SCHEDULE

Part 1 Enactments

Free Ports Act 1986 (No. 6 of 1986)

Harbours Acts 1946 to 2005

Harbours Acts 1996 to 2005 (other than section 86 of the Harbours Act 1996 (No. 11 of 1996))

Irish Shipping Limited (Payments to Former Employees) Act 1994 (No. 10 of 1994)

Lough Corrib Navigation Act 1945 (No. 37 of 1945)

Maritime Safety Acts 1992 to 2005 (other than section 46 of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) Act 2000 (No. 14 of 2000) and Part 2 of the Maritime Safety Act 2005 (No. 11 of 2005) in respect of a fishery harbour centre)

Mercantile Marine Acts 1955 to 1983

Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 2005

Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) Acts 1988 to 2005

Sea Pollution Acts 1991 to 2006

Sea Pollution (Hazardous Substances) (Compensation) Act 2005 (No. 9 of 2005)

Shipping Investment Grants Act 1987 (No. 21 of 1987).

Part 2 Provisions of Enactments

Section 12(1) of the Consular Conventions Act 1954 (No. 10 of 1954)

Section 4A (inserted by section 30 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1999 (No. 35 of 1999)) of the Marine Institute Act 1991

Section 35(1)(a) and (b) of the Disability Act 2005 (No. 14 of 2005) and, in so far as it relates to maritime transport, safety and security, paragraph (c) of that subsection

Part 3 Regulations

European Communities (Transport Auxiliaries) Regulations 1988 ( S.I. No. 18 of 1988 )

European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 94 of 1997 )

European Communities (Minimum Safety and Health Requirements for Improved Medical Treatment on Board Vessels) Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 506 of 1997 )

European Communities (Recreational Craft) Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 40 of 1998 )

European Communities Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 145 of 1998 )

European Communities (Registration of Persons Sailing on board Passenger Ships) Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 558 of 1998 )

European Communities (A system of Mandatory Surveys for the Safe Operation of Regular Ro-Ro Ferry and High-Speed Passenger Craft Services) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 405 of 2001 )

European Communities (Safety of Fishing Vessels) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 417 of 2002 )

European Communities (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 38 of 2003 )

European Communities (Port Reception Facilities for Ship-Generated Waste and Cargo Residues) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 117 of 2003 )

European Communities (Ship Inspection and Survey Organisations) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 301 of 2003 )

European Communities (Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 347 of 2003 )

European Communities (Merchant Shipping) (Organisation of Working Time) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 532 of 2003 )

European Communities (Workers on Board Sea-going Fishing Vessels) (Organisation of Working Time) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 709 of 2003 )

European Communities (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Information System) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 81 of 2004 )

European Communities (Ship and Port Facilities) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 413 of 2004 )

European Communities (Passenger Ships) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 716 of 2004 )

European Communities (Port Security) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 284 of 2007 )

European Communities (Maritime) (International Safety Management Code) Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 60 of 2008 ).

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

23 July 2008

BRIAN COWEN,

Taoiseach.