Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Nautical Charts and Publications) Regulations 2021.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Nautical Charts and Publications) Regulations 2021.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations –
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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations (other than as provided for in paragraph (2)) apply to -
(a) Irish ships, other than –
(i) warships, naval auxiliaries and other ships owned or operated by the State and used for non-commercial service,
(ii) those which are less than 12 metres in length,
and
(iii) fishing vessels less than 24 metres in length,
and
(b) other vessels, which are not Irish ships, while they are in Irish waters.
(2) Regulations 4(2) and 9 apply to –
(a) vessels which are less than 12 metres in length, and
(b) fishing vessels less than 24 metres in length.
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paragraphs: (1) The following charts, nautical directions and information and other nautical publications are specified as necessary or expedient for the safe operation of vessels referred to in Regulation 3(1), namely –
(a) in relation to a vessel to which Regulation 7 applies -
(i) the charts described in Regulation 5, and
(ii) the nautical directions and information and other nautical publications mentioned in Regulation 6, and
(b) in relation to a vessel to which Regulation 8 applies -
(i) the charts described in Regulation 5, and
(ii) the nautical publications mentioned in Regulation 8(1)(b).
(2) The Illustrated Table of Life Saving Signals are specified as necessary or expedient for the safe operation of vessels referred to in Regulation 3(2).
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paragraphs: The charts referred to in Regulation 4(1)(a)(i) and (b)(i) are those -
(a) which are of such a scale and which contain sufficient detail as clearly to show—
(i) all navigational marks which may be used by a ship when navigating the waters which are comprised in the chart,
(ii) all known dangers affecting those waters,
(iii) information concerning any traffic separation schemes, two-way routes, recommended tracks, inshore traffic zones and deep-water routes applicable to those waters and are as therein which are to be avoided, and
(b) which, in all cases, are of the latest obtainable edition and have been corrected and kept up to date from the latest relevant obtainable Notices to Mariners and Radio Navigational Warnings.
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paragraphs: The nautical directions and information and other nautical publications referred to in Regulation 4(1)(a)(ii) are such as is contained in the publications mentioned in the Schedule, which are obtainable from the publishers specified for the time being by the MSO as being publishers which provide publications of the latest obtainable edition and which incorporate the latest relevant supplements and, in the case of any such publication which is published otherwise than by a publisher specified by the MSO, is of equivalent standard and content.
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paragraphs: A vessel referred to in Regulation 3(1) which goes to sea or intends to go to sea, beyond a distance of 5 nautical miles from any coastline, shall carry on board, in a place readily available to the officer of the watch, at least—
(a) one copy of a chart which complies with the requirements described in Regulation 5, being a chart, which is appropriate for each part of the intended voyage or an ECDIS, and