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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
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“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th December, 2017.
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I, SHANE ROSS, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, 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 effect to Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 20021
, as last amended by Commission Directive 2014/100/EU2
, hereby make the following regulations:
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1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Information System) (Amendment) Regulations 2017.
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(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 2018.
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2. The European Communities (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Information System) Regulations 2010 (
S.I. No. 573 of 2010
) are amended—
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(a) in Regulation 8, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (1):
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“8.(1) The operator, agent or master of—
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(a) a passenger ship, irrespective of size, or
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(b) a ship, other than a passenger ship, of 300 gross tonnage and upwards
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calling at a port in the State shall ensure that the ship is fitted with an automatic identification system which meets the performance standards drawn up by the IMO.”,
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and
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(b) in Regulation 18(1) by the substitution of “within the territorial waters or the exclusive economic zone of the State” for “within the exclusive economic zone of the State”.
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GIVEN under my Official Seal,
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1 December 2017.
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SHANE ROSS,
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Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
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(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
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These Regulations remove anomalies that existed in Regulation 8 and 18 of the European Communities (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Information System) Regulations 2010 (
S.I. No. 573 of 2010
) which arose in the transposition of Articles 6 and 17 respectively of Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002, as last amended by Commission Directive 2014/100/EU of the European Commission of 28 October 2014.
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1 OJ No. L 208, 5.08.2002, p.10.
2 OJ No. L 308, 29.10.2014, p.82. |