Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Act 2025
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Application of Part | ||
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45. (1) This Part applies to— | ||
(a) Irish offshore service vessels, | ||
(b) offshore service vessels not registered in the State, operating on domestic voyages, and | ||
(c) offshore service vessels not registered in the State while in a port in the State, except where such a vessel would not be within any such port but for the stress of weather or any other circumstance that neither the master nor the owner of the ship could have prevented or forestalled. | ||
(2) This Part does not apply to— | ||
(a) passenger ships certified under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1992 , | ||
(b) passenger boats licenced under Part III of the Merchant Shipping Act 1992 , | ||
(c) ships of the Naval Service of the Defence Forces or ships of war and troopships of another state, | ||
(d) ships not propelled by mechanical means, | ||
(e) wooden ships of primitive build, | ||
(f) pleasure yachts, or | ||
(g) fishing vessels. |