S.I. No. 371/2025 - Merchant Shipping (Medical Examinations) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 1st August, 2025.

I, SEÁN CANNEY, Minister of State at the Department of Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 87 of the Merchant Shipping Act 2010 (No. 14 of 2010) (as adapted by the Transport, Tourism and Sport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 351 of 2020 )) and the Transport (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2025 ( S.I. No. 144 of 2025 ), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Medical Examinations) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.

2. Regulation 10(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Medical Examinations) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 246 of 2014 ) is amended by substituting for subparagraph (c) the following:

“(c) has had his or her medical fitness certificate suspended or revoked pursuant to Regulation 9,”.

GIVEN under my hand,

29 July 2025

SEÁN CANNEY,

Minister of State at the Department of Transport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Medical Examinations) Regulations 2014 to allow a person to appeal a decision to have his or her medical fitness certificate suspended regardless of the time period for which the certificate is suspended.