No. S 132
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act
(Chapter 170A)
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Harbour Craft) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 41 of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Harbour Craft) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2009.
Amendment of regulation 7
2.  Regulation 7(2) of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Harbour Craft) Regulations (Rg 3) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting the word “and” in sub-paragraph (c), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraphs:
(ca)cancellation of licence number to be replaced by allotted licence number;
(cb)transfer of licence number; and”.
Amendment of regulation 15
3.  Regulation 15 of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (1), the following paragraph:
(1A)  Paragraph (1) shall not apply if a licence number allotted under regulation 15A to the applicant for the licence is used to license the harbour craft.”; and
(b)by deleting the regulation heading and substituting the following regulation heading:
Licence number of harbour craft”.
New regulations 15A and 15B
4.  The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 15, the following regulations:
Application for particular licence number
15A.—(1)  The Port Master may, from time to time, by notice or such other means as he may think fit, invite bids for particular licence numbers for any type of harbour craft.
(2)  All applications made pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not be less than the minimum bid amount of $2,000.
(3)  Every application under paragraph (1) shall be —
(a)made in such form and within such time as may be required by the Port Master;
(b)accompanied by the full bid amount offered by the applicant; and
(c)subject to such other terms and conditions as the Port Master may think fit to impose.
(4)  No application shall be withdrawn after it has been received by the Port Master.
(5)  The Port Master may, in his discretion, reject any application without assigning any reason.
(6)  The Port Master shall not be obliged to allot the licence number applied for to the applicant offering the highest bid amount and the Port Master’s determination of successful applications shall be final.
(7)  The Port Master shall notify every applicant of the outcome of his application.
(8)  Subject to paragraph (9), a successful applicant shall, within a period of 12 months after the date of the notification by the Port Master under paragraph (7), use the licence number allotted to him —
(a)for the purpose of applying for a licence for a harbour craft in his name; or
(b)on any other harbour craft licensed in his name upon the cancellation of the licence number to be replaced.
(9)  Where a successful applicant fails to comply with the requirements of paragraph (8) within the period specified therein —
(a)he shall not be entitled to the use of the licence number earlier allotted to him;
(b)the bid amount which has been paid by him under paragraph (3)(b) shall be forfeited; and
(c)the Port Master may then assign the licence number for the licensing of any other harbour craft or for further bidding.
(10)  Any bid amount paid under paragraph (3)(b) by an unsuccessful applicant shall be refunded to him without interest within a period of 2 weeks after the determination of the successful applications or such other time as the Port Master may decide.
(11)  Notwithstanding anything in this regulation, where an application for a licence under regulation 6 is not granted, the Port Master may, in his discretion and subject to such conditions as he thinks fit —
(a)cancel the licence number allotted to the applicant; and
(b)refund the bid amount paid under paragraph (3)(b).
Transfer of licence number
15B.—(1)  Subject to paragraph (2), a person in whose name a harbour craft is licensed may, in such manner and within such period as the Port Master may require, apply to the Port Master to have the licence number of the harbour craft transferred to another harbour craft —
(a)which has not been previously licensed under these Regulations and in respect of which he applies or has applied for a licence in accordance with these Regulations; or
(b)which is licensed in his name under these Regulations.
(2)  In an application under paragraph (1), the Port Master may require the applicant to furnish to the Port Master such documents and information as the Port Master may specify relating to —
(a)the first-mentioned harbour craft whose licence number is to be transferred;
(b)the second-mentioned harbour craft to which the licence number of the first-mentioned harbour craft is to be transferred; and
(c)the application.
(3)  The Port Master may, in his discretion and subject to such terms and conditions as he may impose, approve the transfer of the licence number to the second-mentioned harbour craft, and in the case of paragraph (1)(b), cancel the licence number to be replaced.
(4)  The Port Master shall not approve the transfer of the licence number to the second-mentioned harbour craft unless an application for a licence under regulation 6 in respect of it has been granted.
(5)  Where the transfer of the licence number to the second-mentioned harbour craft has been approved, the Port Master may, on the application of the person referred to in paragraph (1), assign a new licence number to the first-mentioned harbour craft.
(6)  No application shall be withdrawn after it has been received by the Port Master.
(7)  The Port Master may, in his discretion, reject any application without assigning any reason.
(8)  The Port Master shall notify every applicant of the outcome of his application.”.
Amendment of regulation 38
5.  Regulation 38 of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “assigned to it” in paragraph (a), the words “under regulation 15, or allotted to its owner under regulation 15A and used to apply for a licence for it or to replace its licence number that has been cancelled”.
[G.N. Nos. S 262/2002; S92/2003; S 25/2005; S 667/2006; S 141/2007]

Made this 30th day of March 2009.

LUCIEN WONG
Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.
[MPA 46/01.C11.V06/LSK; AG/LEG/SL/170A/2005/1 Vol. 1]