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No. 65 of 1997Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 1997
Public bill · Government · Presented
Updates maritime law by removing obsolete offences, setting modern penalties, allowing EU nationals and companies to own Irish-registered ships, and introducing limited exemptions from passenger-vessel licensing where safety rules are met. It also allows the Commissioners of Irish Lights, with ministerial approval, to borrow up to £25 million.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Conspiracy, and Protection of Property Act, 1875, the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, the Mercantile Marine Act, 1955, and the Merchant Shipping Act, 1992, and to provide for related matters
Last updated 20 November 2019
Sponsor
- Minister for Marine and Natural Resources Primary
Progress
- First StageDáil
- Second StageDáil
- Committee StageDáil
- Report StageDáil
- Fifth StageDáil
- Second StageSeanad
- Committee StageSeanad
- Report StageSeanad
- Fifth StageSeanad Enacted
- EnactedEnacted
Debates
- Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, 1997: Second Stage. Seanad
- Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, 1997: Committee and Remaining Stages. Seanad
- Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, 1997: Report and Final Stages. Dáil
- Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, 1997: Report of Select Committee. Dáil
- Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, 1997: Committee Stage. SELECT COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND THE MARINE
- Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, 1997: Motion. Dáil
- Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, 1997 — Financial Resolution: Motion. Dáil
- Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, 1997: Order for Second Stage. Dáil
- Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, 1997: Second Stage. Dáil
- Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, 1997: Referral to Select Committee. Dáil
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