Section 29Part 2 — REGISTRATION OF SHIPS
Application of this Act where a ship is registered under section 27
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29. (1) Where an application is made to register a ship under section 27(1), or a ship has been registered under section 27(1) —
this Part shall apply to the ship and its registration subject to the modifications and adaptations to those provisions set out in subsection (2); and
any act or thing as is mentioned in this subsection, required to be done or not done under this Act by an owner of such a ship shall be required to be done or not done by the charterer, and —
the charterer shall be liable for doing or omitting to do such act or thing as if the charterer were the owner of the ship; and a ship as is mentioned in this subsection, be deemed to be a reference to “charterer” and the words “registered owner” and “registered ownership” shall be construed accordingly.
a reference to the word “owner” in this Act shall, in the case of such
The modifications and adaptations to this Part referred to in subsection (1) are as follows —
paragraphs (a) to (e) of section 12 does not apply;
the ship shall not be required to be surveyed for the purpose of ascertaining the tonnage of the ship under section 13 if there is in force in respect of the ship an International Tonnage Certificate (1969), and, in such case, the tonnage of such ship shall be deemed to have been ascertained and, upon registration, registered in accordance with the tonnage regulations;
the declaration required by section 16 shall include in place of the statements referred to in paragraphs (c) and (d) of that section —
a statement that the ship is subject to a charter by demise; and charterer of the ship under that charter and there shall be attached to the declaration and produced to the Registrar of Shipping a certified copy of that charter by demise;
that the person on whose behalf the declaration is made is the
section 17 shall not apply;
in place of the particulars required to be entered in the register under section 18 the following particulars shall be entered —
the name of the charterer as if the charterer were the owner of the ship with such annotation as may be necessary to show that the ship is entitled to be registered under section 27(1); Merchant Shipping Act, 2024 Section 30 c Act 1 of 2024 Page 39 accordance with paragraphs (a) to (e) of section 12; of the ship or a share in the ship by any owner whose name is or is to be noted on the register under subparagraph (ii);
the name and address of the owner or owners determined in
the name and address of any person who has been granted a mortgage
such details of the terms of any mortgage referred to in subparagraph
as the Registrar of Shipping shall require to be noted; and
the previous name, if any, of the ship;
the Registrar of Shipping shall retain in the possession of the Registrar of Shipping, in addition to the surveyor’s certificate issued under section 13, the certified copy of the charter by demise and any certified copy of a transfer referred to in section 30(1)(c) produced to the Registrar of Shipping;
a certificate of registry issued by the Registrar of Shipping under section 21 shall be issued for a fixed period of time expiring on the date upon which the charter by demise shall come to an end by effluxion of time;
a ship shall cease to be entitled to be registered within the meaning of section 8(1)(c) upon the expiry of the fixed period specified in the certificate of registry or, if sooner, upon either —
the termination of the charter by demise; under the charter in circumstances which cause the registration to cease under section 30; 27(1)(d), in respect of the ship; or 27(1)(e); and
the transfer by the charterer of the charterer’s rights and obligations
the closure or annulment of the registry referred to in section
the revocation or withdrawal of the dispensation referred to in section
sections 52, and 66 to 80 shall not apply.
Cross References
- Section 27 of Merchant Shipping Act
Application of this Act where a ship is registered under section 27