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S.I. No. 108/2023 - European Union (Passenger Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 10th March, 2023.

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 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009¹ , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Passenger Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.

2. Schedule 2 to the European Union (Passenger Ships) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. No. 676 of 2019 ) is amended in the Sea Area entry entitled West Coast of Ireland, by substituting for the second row (in relation to “Ballaghaline Point to Trawkeera Point”) the following two rows:

“

Hag’s Head to Ballaghaline Point	X	X	✓	X	Doolin to Cliffs of Moher
Ballaghaline Point to Trawkeera Point	X	X	✓*	X	* Doolin to Inisheer from 1 March to 31 October

”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

7 March, 2023.

EAMON RYAN,

Minister for Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations amend Schedule 2 to the European Union (Passenger Ships) Regulations 2019, which give effect to Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety rules and standards for passenger ships, by updating the Sea Areas for the West Coast of Ireland.

1 OJ L 163, 25.6.2009, p. 1.