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35 1996

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LIABILITY OF SHIPOWNERS AND OTHERS) ACT, 1996

PART I

Preliminary and General

Short title, commencement, collective citation and construction.

1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act, 1996.

(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as by order or orders made by the Minister under this section may be fixed therefor, either generally or with reference to a particular purpose or provision and different days may be fixed for different purposes and different provisions.

(3) The Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1993, and this Act may be cited together as the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1996, and shall be construed together as one.

Interpretation generally.

2. —(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

the Central Bank” means the Central Bank of Ireland;

the Minister” means the Minister for the Marine.

(2) (a) In this Act a reference to a section or Schedule is a reference to a section of, or a Schedule to, this Act unless it is indicated that reference to some other enactment is intended.

(b) In this Act a reference to a subsection or paragraph is a reference to a subsection or paragraph of the provision in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended.

(c) In this Act a reference to any other enactment is a reference to that enactment as amended, extended or adapted by or under any subsequent enactment.

Repeals.

3. —Each enactment mentioned in column (2) of the Fourth Schedule is hereby repealed to the extent specified in column (3) of that Schedule.

Orders.

4. —(1) The Minister may by order amend or revoke an order made by him or her under this Act (other than an order under section 1 (2) but including an order under this subsection).

(2) An order under subsection (1) shall be made in the like manner and its making shall be subject to the like (if any) consents and conditions as the order that it is amending or revoking.

(3) A reference in this Act to an order in force shall, as respects such an order that is amended by an order in force under this section, be construed as a reference to the first-mentioned order as so amended.

(4) An order under this Act (other than an order under section 1 (2)) shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling such order is passed by either such House within the next twenty-one days on which that House has sat after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.

Expenses.

5. —The expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.