PART 1

Preliminary and General

Short title, collective citation and construction.

1 .— (1) This Act may be cited as the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006.

(2) The Act of 2003 (other than Part 5), Part 2 and Chapter 2 of Part 4 may be cited together as the Sea-Fisheries Acts 2003 and 2006 and shall be construed together as one.

(3) The Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 , sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Fisheries and Foreshore (Amendment) Act 1998 , the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2001 and section 101 may be cited together as the Aquaculture Acts 1997 to 2006 and shall be construed together as one.

(4) The Fisheries Acts 1959 to 2003 and this Act (other than Part 3 and sections 100 , 102 , 103 and 104 ) may be cited together as the Fisheries Acts 1959 to 2006 and shall be construed together as one.

(5) The Act of 1955 and section 100 may be cited together as the Mercantile Marine Acts 1955 and 2006.

(6) The Fishery Harbour Centres Acts 1968 to 2005 and section 102 may be cited together as the Fishery Harbour Centres Acts 1968 to 2006.

(7) The Dumping at Sea Acts 1996 and 2004 and section 103 may be cited together as the Dumping at Sea Acts 1996 to 2006.

(8) The Maritime Safety Acts 1992 to 2005 and section 104 may be cited together as the Maritime Safety Acts 1992 to 2006.

Definitions.

2 .— In this Act—

“ Act of 1894 ” means Merchant Shipping Act 1894;

“ Act of 1955 ” means Mercantile Marine Act 1955;

“ Act of 2003 ” means Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003;

“ Community law ” means an act adopted by an institution of the European Communities;

“ Department ” means Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources;

“ foreign sea-fishing boat ” means a sea-fishing boat which is not an Irish sea-fishing boat;

“ Irish sea-fishing boat ” means a sea-fishing boat which is—

(a) entered in the Register of Fishing Boats,

(b) required by regulations under section 76 to be so entered, or

(c) exempt from such registration by regulations under that section;

“ Minister ” means Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources;

“ Principal Act ” means Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959;

“ Register of Fishing Boats ” means the register maintained under section 74 .

Regulations.

3 .— (1) The Minister may make regulations in relation to any matter referred to in Part 2 as prescribed.

(2) Every regulation made under Part 2 or section 25 of the Act of 2003 shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the regulation is laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under it.

Repeals and Revocations.

4 .— (1) Each enactment specified in column (2) of Schedule 1 is repealed to the extent specified in column (3) of thatSchedule.

(2) Subject to sections 78 , 85 (3), 92 (2) and 97 (2, every order or regulation or licence, permit or authorisation made or granted under an enactment or a provision of an enactment repealed by subsection (1) is revoked.

Expenses.

5 .— The expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.