Section 193Part 8 — SAFETY OF SUBMERSIBLES
Requirements for registration of submersible craft
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193. (1) A person who is the owner of a submersible craft which is required to be registered in the register of submersible craft under section 192(2) shall make an application in writing to the Registrar of Shipping for the registration of the submersible craft.
Subject to subsection (5), the owner of a submersible craft shall —
before making an application for registration, appoint an individual or a body corporate satisfying the prescribed requirements to be the representative person in relation to the submersible craft; and
ensure that, as long as the submersible craft remains registered, an individual or body corporate satisfying those requirements is so appointed.
For the purposes of subsection (2), the prescribed requirements are that the representative person is —
an individual resident in the Islands; or
a body corporate incorporated in the Islands and having its principal place of business in the Islands.
Subsection (3) does not apply if the owner of the submersible craft is —
an individual resident in the Islands; or
a body corporate incorporated in the Islands and having its principal place of business in the Islands.
Any application for the registration of a submersible craft shall contain the particulars specified in writing by the Chief Executive Officer and, where a Merchant Shipping Act, 2024 Section 194 c Act 1 of 2024 Page 109 representative person is required to be appointed under this Part, the name and address of the representative person.
There is payable, in respect of an application for the registration of a submersible craft, such fee as may be specified by the Chief Executive Officer.
Upon receiving an application for the registration of a submersible craft which complies with the requirements of subsections (5) and (6), the Registrar of Shipping, if satisfied that the submersible craft may properly be so registered, shall, subject to section 194 —
assign to the submersible craft a number; and
shall register it in the register of submersible craft, and the particulars set out in subsection (9) shall be entered with such registration.
Upon the registration of a submersible craft, the Registrar of Shipping shall issue to the owner making the application for registration a certificate of registry, upon which shall be entered the particulars set out in subsection (9).
The particulars to be entered in the register of submersible craft and upon the certificate of registry are —
the number of the certificate of registry;
the registration number assigned to the submersible craft;
the names of the owner and operator of the submersible craft; and
where registration is conditional upon the appointment of a representative person, the name and address of the representative person.