S.I. No. 444/1992:

MERCHANT SHIPPING (NAVIGATIONAL WARNINGS) (AMENDMENT) RULES, 1992.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (NAVIGATIONAL WARNINGS) (AMENDMENT) RULES, 1992.

I, MICHAEL WOODS, Minister for the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 35 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1952 (No. 29 of 1952), section 17 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1966 (No. 20 of 1966) and the Communications (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 91 of 1987 ) hereby make the following Rules:

1. These Rules may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Navigational Warnings) (Amendment) Rules, 1992, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of February, 1993.

2. The Merchant Shipping (Navigational Warnings) Rules, 1983 ( S.I. No. 310 of 1983 ), are hereby amended by the substitution of "Universal Co-ordinated Time" for "Greenwich Mean Time" in each place where it occurs in the Schedule thereto.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 30th day of December, 1992.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Rules amend the Merchant Shipping (Navigational Warnings) Rules, 1983, ( S.I. No. 310 of 1983 ). The 1983 Rules implemented the provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 in relation to the dissemination of warnings of navigational hazards by and to ships.