Merchant Shipping (registration of ships bill 2013)

jd

Has anyone looked at this in detail?

http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/bills/2013/13913/b13912s-memo.pdf

Section 11 sets out the requirements for certain ships to register
on the Irish Register of Ships. It provides that all ships operating
domestically including passenger, commercial and recreational craft
equal to or greater than 24 metres in load line length, all fishing boats
(including fishing boats under 15 metres in length overall), personal
watercraft (jet skis), small fast powered craft and small boats carrying
no more than three passengers for the purposes of angling will be
required to be registered on the Register in accordance with the Bill
or to have a current valid registration conferring nationality from
another country if appropriate. Recreational craft less than 24 metres
in load line length (other than personal watercraft and small fast
powered craft which are required to register) and warships will not
be required to register. State-owned ships, other than warships, will
be required to be registered on the relevant Part of the Register.

Requirement to register certain ships
11. (1) Subject to subsections (2), (9) and (10), all ships operating domestically, including—
(a) a fishing boat in respect of which a sea-fishing boat licence has been granted or is
required to be held under section 4 (inserted by section 97 of the Act of 2006) of
the Act of 2003,
(b) personal watercraft and small fast powered craft, and
(c) a ship carrying not more than 3 passengers for the purposes of angling as
exempted in the Licensing of Passenger Boats (Exemption) Regulations 2002
(S.I. No. 274 of 2002) from the requirement to be licensed under section 14 of the
Merchant Shipping Act 1992,
are required to be registered on the Register in accordance with this Act.

and the SI

3. The following class of vessel is hereby exempted from the requirement to be licensed under section 14 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1992 (No. 2 of 1992), as amended, that is to say, vessels, being open vessels of no less than 4 metres in length, carrying no more than 3 passengers on board for the purpose of angling and engaged on domestic voyages in smooth waters on canals, rivers, lakes and loughs.

So, what boats used by anglers need to be registered when this goes through? Anyone know anything regarding the background to all this?

goldie fish

I understand the legislation specifically seeks to register all jetskis(some of which are 2 seaters) and other high speed watercraft. If the boat can only carry 3 people, it needs to be registered!

This rules out most, if not all boats normally used for angling.

Tabnabs

http://afloat.ie/watersport/jetskiing/item/24100-registration-for-personal-watercraft-coming-in-new-year has a bit more info, it's all a bit hazy though.

goldie fish

http://www.dttas.ie/press-releases/2013/varadkar-announces-publication-new-ship-registration-bill