Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Rules, 1960.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: —(1) (These Rules may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Rules, 1960.
(2) These Rules shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1960.
2 Definitions
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paragraphs: In these Rules—
" bouyant apparatus " means flotation equipment (other than lifebuoys and lifejackets) designed to support persons who are in the water ;
" certified " means certified by a certificate issued under section 274 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 ;
" Class A motor lifeboat " means a lifeboat complying with the requirements of paragraph (1) of Rule 25 of these Rules ;
" Class B motor lifeboat " means a lifeboat complying with the requirements of paragraph (2) of Rule 25 of these Rules ;
" Class C boat " means a boat complying with the provisions of Rule 27 of these Rules ;
" fishing boat " has the same meaning as in section 370 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 ;
" inflatable liferaft " means a liferaft complying with the provisions of paragraph (1) of Rule 28 of these Rules ;
" length " in relation to a registered ship means registered length ;
" lifeboat " means a boat complying with the provisions of Rule 23 of these Rules ;
" long international voyage " means an international voyage which is not a short international voyage within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1952 (No. 29 of 1952) ;
" mechanically propelled lifeboat " means a lifeboat (other than a motor lifeboat) complying with the provisions of Rule 26 of these Rules ;
" the Minister " means the Minister for Transport and Power ;
" passenger steamer " means a steamer carrying more than 12 passengers ;
" passenger certificate " means a passenger steamer's certificate issued by the Minister pursuant to section 274 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 ;
" person " means a person over the age of one year ;
" steamer " includes a ship propelled by electricity or other mechanical power ;
" tanker " means a cargo ship constructed or adapted for the carriage in bulk of liquid cargoes of an inflammable nature.
3 Application of Interpretation Act, 1987
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paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Rules.
4 Application of these Rules
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paragraphs: —(1) These Rules apply to ships registered in the State and to any other ship while she is within a port in the State, unless she would not have been in any such port but for stress of weather or any other circumstance that neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer (if any) of the ship could have prevented or forestalled.
(2) These Rules shall not apply to pleasure yachts which are not passenger steamers and do not exceed 15 tons burden.
5 Revocation
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paragraphs: Part II of the Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving and Fire Appliances) Rules, 1953 ( S.I. No. 341 of 1953 ), and the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Schedules thereto are hereby revoked.
6 Classification of ships
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paragraphs: For the purposes of these Rules the ships to which these Rules apply shall be arranged in the following classes :—
PASSENGER SHIPS
Class I. Passenger steamers engaged on voyages any of which are long international voyages ;
Class II. Passenger steamers engaged on voyages (not being long international voyages) any of which are short international voyages ;
Class III. Passenger steamers engaged on voyages of any kind other than international voyages ;
Class IV. Passenger steamers in respect of which there is in force a passenger certificate entitled " Passenger Certificate for a Home Trade passenger vessel plying on short excursions to sea, i.e. beyond partially smooth water limits, between 1st April and 31st October, inclusive, during daylight and in fine weather" ;
Class V. Passenger steamers in respect of which there is in force a passenger certificate entitled " Passenger Certificate for a vessel plying in partially smooth water ";
Class VI. Passenger steamers in respect of which there is in force a passenger certificate entitled " Passenger Certificate for a vessel plying in smooth water " ;
Class VII. Steam launches and motor boats in respect of which there is in force a passenger certificate entitled " Passenger Certificate for a vessel plying for short distances to sea ";
NON-PASSENGER SHIPS
Class VIII. Steamers (other than ships of Classes I, IX, XIV and XVI) engaged on voyages any of which are long international voyages ;
Class IX. Steamers engaged only in the whaling industry ;
Class X. Steamers (other than ships of Classes II, XII, XIV and XVI) engaged on voyages (not being long international voyages) any of which are short international voyages ;
Class XI. Steamers (other than ships of Classes III, IV, V, VI, VII, XII, XIII, XIV and XVI) engaged only on voyages which are not international voyages ;
Class XII. Tugs, tenders, launches, lighters, dredgers, barges and hoppers (other than ships of Classes II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and XV) which proceed to sea but are not engaged on long international voyages ;
Class XIII. Tugs, tenders, launches, lighters, dredgers, barges and hoppers (other than ships of Classes III, IV, V, VI and VII) which do not proceed to sea ;
Class XIV. Fishing boats other than ships of Classes I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VII ;
Class XV. Sailing ships (other than fishing boats and ships of Class XVI) which proceed to sea ;
Class XVI. Pleasure yachts (other than ships of Classes I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VII) exceeding 15 tons burden.
PASSENGER SHIPS
7 Ships of Class I
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paragraphs: —(1) This Rule applies to ships of Class I.