Merchant Shipping Act, 1981

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Amendment of section 692 of Principal Act.

8.—(1) In addition to the officers authorised by the section to detain a ship, any member of the Garda Síochána, is hereby authorised to detain a ship under the section and the reference in subsection (2) of the section to any officer authorised to detain the ship shall be construed as including a reference to a member of the Garda Síochána, and in addition to the foregoing, the section shall be construed and have effect as if—

(a) in subsection (1) for “one hundred pounds” there were substituted “five hundred pounds”, and

(b) in subsection (2) for “one hundred pounds” and “ten pounds” there were substituted “five hundred pounds” and “one hundred pounds”, respectively.

(2) In this section “the section” means section 692 of the Principal Act.