Uimhir 2 de 1962.

AN tACHT PÍOLOTAÍOCHTA (LEASÚ), 1962.

[An tiontú oifigiúil.]

Mínithe.

1913, c. 31.

1.—San Acht seo—

ciallaíonn “an tAire” an tAire Iompair agus Cumhachta ;

ciallaíonn “an Príomh-Acht” an Pilotage Act, 1913.

Dleachtanna píolótaíochta i leith longa áirithe atá eiscthe ó phíolótaíocht éigeantach.

2.—(1) I gcás—

(a) aicme áirithe longa a bheith faoi réir phíolótaíocht éigeantach i gceantar píolótaíochta áirithe an lú lá d'Eanáir, 1961, agus

(b) fodhlí faoin bPríomh-Acht a bheith i bhfeidhm ag eisiamh na haicme sin longa ó phíolótaíocht éigeantach sa cheantar sin,

féadfaidh údarás píolótaíochta an cheantair sin, le fodhlí, a cheangal go n-íocfar dleachtanna píolótaíochta i leith aon loingseoireachta sa cheantar sin ag longa den aicme sin chun dul isteach in aon chalafort sa cheantar nó amach as nó é a úsáid agus, an fad a bheidh fodhlí faoin alt seo i bhfeidhm i leith longa d'aon aicme, measfar, chun críocha alt 49 den Phríomh-Acht, gur longa a bhfuarthas seirbhísí píolótaí ceadúnaithe dóibh longa den aicme sin.

(2) Beidh feidhm ag fo-ailt (2) agus (3) d'alt 17 den Phríomh-Acht maidir le fodhlíthe arna ndéanamh faoin alt seo sa tslí chéanna ina bhfuil feidhm acu maidir le fodhlíthe arna ndéanamh faoin bPríomh-Acht.

Alt 17 den Phríomh-Acht a leasú.

3.—Leasaítear leis seo alt 17 (a bhfuil foráil ann le haghaidh údaráis phíolótaíochta do dhéanamh fodhlíthe) den Phríomh-Acht trí “and in respect of ships of a class which was subject to compulsory pilotage in the district on the 1st day of January, 1961, and which is exempted from compulsory pilotage by bye-law made under section 11 of this Act” a chur isteach i mír (f) d'fho-alt (1) i ndiaidh “licensed pilot”.

Fodhlíthe áirithe faoin bPríomh-Acht a leagan faoi bhráid Thithe an Oireachtais.

4.—Má thugann fodhlí a dhéanfaidh údarás píolótaíochta faoin bPríomh-Acht díolúine ó phíolótaíocht éigeantach i gceantar píolótaíochta an údaráis d'aicme longa nár ghnás a bheith díolmhaithe ó phíolótaíocht éigeantach sa cheantar sin ar dháta an Phríomh-Achta a rith agus go ndaingneoidh an tAire an fodhlí sin, leagfar é faoi bhráid gach Tí den Oireachtas a luaithe is féidir tar éis a dhéanta agus má dhéanann ceachtar Teach acu sin laistigh den lá is fiche a shuífidh an Teach sin tar éis an fodhlí a leagan faoina bhráid rún a rith ag neamhniú an fhodhlí, beidh an fodhlí ar neamhní dá réir sin, ach sin gan dochar do bhailíocht aon ní a rinneadh roimhe sin faoin bhfodhlí.

Aisghairm.

5.—Aisghairtear leis seo an coinníoll a ghabhann le fo-alt (4) d'alt 11 den Phríomh-Acht.

Gearrtheideal, forléiriú, comhlua agus tosach feidhme.

6.—(1) Féadfar an tAcht Píolótaíochta (Leasú), 1962, a ghairm den Acht seo.

(2) Forléireofar na hAchtanna Loingis Cheannaíochta, 1894 go 1952, agus an tAcht seo le chéile mar aon ní amháin.

(3) Féadfar na hAchtanna Loingis Cheannaíochta, 1894 go 1962, a ghairm den Acht seo agus de na hAchtanna Loingis Cheannaíochta, 1894 go 1952, le chéile.

(4) Tiocfaidh an tAcht seo i ngníomh cibé lá a cheapfaidh an tAire le hordú.

Number 2 of 1962.

PILOTAGE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1962.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Number 2 of 1962.

PILOTAGE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1962.

Definitions.

1.—In this Act—

“the Minister” means the Minister for Transport and Power;

“the Principal Act” means the Pilotage Act, 1913.

Pilotage dues in respect of certain ships exempted from compulsory pilotage.

2.—(1) Where—

(a) a particular class of ships was subject to compulsory pilotage in a particular pilotage district on the 1st day of January, 1961, and

(b) a bye-law under the Principal Act exempting that class of ships from compulsory pilotage in that district is in force,

the pilotage authority for that district may, by bye-law, require the payment of pilotage dues in respect of any navigating by ships of that class in that district for the purpose of entering, leaving or making use of any port in that district and, while a bye-law under this section is in force in relation to ships of any class, ships of that class shall be deemed, for the purposes of section 49 of the Principal Act, to be ships for which the services of licensed pilots have been obtained.

(2) Subsections (2) and (3) of section 17 of the Principal Act shall apply in relation to bye-laws made under this section in the same way as they apply in relation to bye-laws made under the Principal Act.

Amendment of section 17 of Principal Act.

3.—Section 17 (which provides for the making of bye-laws by pilotage authorities) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion in paragraph (f) of subsection (1) after “licensed pilot” of “and in respect of ships of a class which was subject to compulsory pilotage in the district on the 1st day of January, 1961, and which is exempted from compulsory pilotage by bye-law made under section 11 of this Act.”

Laying of certain bye-laws under Principal Act before Houses of Oireachtas.

4.—Where a bye-law made by a pilotage authority under the Principal Act exempts from compulsory pilotage in the pilotage district of the authority a class of ships not in practice exempted from compulsory pilotage in that district at the date of the passing of the Principal Act and the bye-law is confirmed by the Minister, it shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made, and if a resolution annulling the bye-law is passed by either such House within the next twenty-one days on which that House has sat after the bye-law is laid before it, the bye-law shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.

Repeal.

5.—The proviso to subsection (4) of section 11 of the Principal Act is hereby repealed.

Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement.

6.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Pilotage (Amendment) Act, 1962.

(2) The Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1952, and this Act shall be construed together as one.

(3) This Act and the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1952, may be cited together as the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1962.

(4) This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Minister appoints by order.