S.I. No. 508/2012 - Merchant Shipping (International Convention on Load Lines) (Convention Countries) Order 2012.
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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 14th December, 2012.
The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 30 of the Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1968 (No. 17 of 1968), hereby make the following order:
1.This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (International Convention on Load Lines) (Convention Countries) Order 2012.
2.It is declared—
(a) that the government of each of the countries specified in Schedule 1 has accepted or acceded to the International Convention on Load Lines 1966, and
(b) that the said Convention extends to each of the territories specified in Schedule 2.
3.The Merchant Shipping (International Convention on Load Lines) (Convention Countries) Order 1986 ( S.I. No. 319 of 1986 ) is revoked.
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2
Albania
Antigua and Barbuda
Austria
Bahrain
Belarus
Benin
Brunei Darussalam
Cameroon
Chile
Comoros
Cote d’Ivoire
Cyprus
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dominica
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
Gambia
Ghana
Guatemala
Haiti
Iceland
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Italy
Jordan
Kiribati
Lebanon
Lithuania
Malaysia
Marshall Islands
Mexico
Montenegro
Myanmar
New Zealand
Norway
Palau
Peru
PortugalRepublic of Moldova
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Samoa
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Slovenia
South Africa
Sudan
Switzerland
Togo
Tunisia
Tuvalu
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Viet Nam
Algeria
Argentina
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belgium
Bolivia
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Congo
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
France
Georgia
Greece
Guinea
Honduras
India
Ireland
Jamaica
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Liberia
Luxembourg
Maldives
Mauritania
Monaco
Morocco
Namibia
Nicaragua
Oman
Panama
Philippines
Qatar
Romania
Saint Lucia
Sao Tome and Principe
Serbia
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Spain
Suriname
Syrian Arab Republic
Tonga
Turkey
Ukraine
United Republic of Tanzania
Vanuatu
Yemen
Angola
Australia
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Brazil
Cambodia
Cape Verde
Colombia
Cook Islands
Cuba
Democratic People’s Republic of Kore
aDjibouti
Ecuador
Eritrea
Fiji
Gabon
Germany
Grenada
Guyana
Hungary
Indonesia
Israel
Japan
Kenya
Latvia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Madagascar
Malta
Mauritius
Mongolia
Mozambique
Netherlands
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Poland
Republic of Korea
Russian Federation
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saudi Arabia
Seychelles
Slovakia
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
United States
Venezuela
Zambia
SCHEDULE 2
Article 2
Faroe Islands
Hong Kong SAR, China
Macau SAR, China
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,
11 December 2012.
ENDA KENNY,
Taoiseach.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note does not form part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)
This Order declares that the Governments of the countries specified in the Order have accepted or acceded to the International Convention on Load Lines 1966 and that the Convention extends to particular territories. The effect of the Order is to bring the list of countries and territories up to date. It also revokes the previous Statutory Instrument, the Merchant Shipping (International Convention on Load Lines) (Convention Countries) Order 1986 ( S.I. No. 319 of 1986 ).
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