No. S 347
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act
(Chapter 170A)
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Harbour Craft) (Amendment No. 2) 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 No. 2) Regulations 2009 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2009.
Amendment of regulation 2
2.  Regulation 2(1) 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 inserting, immediately after the definition of “register”, the following definition:
“ “Singapore ship” has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 179);”.
Amendment of regulation 7
3.  Regulation 7 of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting paragraph (3) and substituting the following paragraph:
(3)  Subject to this regulation and regulation 33 —
(a)a licence granted for a harbour craft that is also a Singapore ship shall be valid until it is cancelled under regulation 33; and
(b)a licence granted for any other harbour craft shall be valid for a period of 12 months from the date of grant.”;
(b)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (5), the following paragraph:
(6)  Notwithstanding paragraph (3) but subject to regulation 33, a licence for a harbour craft referred to in paragraph (3)(a) that is no longer a Singapore ship by virtue of the closure or deemed closure of its registry under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 179), shall be valid up to the end of the period for which port dues under paragraph 4 of Part I of the Schedule to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Scale of Dues, Rates and General Fees) Notification (N 2) have been paid.”; and
(c)by deleting the regulation heading and substituting the following regulation heading:
Fees and validity of licence”.
Amendment of regulation 33
4.  Regulation 33 of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (1), the following paragraph:
(1A)  The Port Master may cancel or suspend a licence granted for a harbour craft that was also a Singapore ship at the time the licence was granted if it is no longer a Singapore ship, unless the harbour craft is, in the opinion of the Port Master, fit for use in the port.”;
(b)by deleting paragraph (3) and substituting the following paragraph:
(3)  The Port Master may cancel or suspend the licence if the harbour craft, not being a Singapore ship or a sea-going ship other than a Singapore ship, at any time goes beyond the port limits as declared under the Act.”; and
(c)by inserting, immediately after “(1),” in paragraph (5), “(1A),”.
Savings provision
5.—(1)  Notwithstanding regulations 3 and 4, regulations 7 and 33 of the principal Regulations in force immediately before 1st August 2009 shall continue to apply to a licence that is valid immediately before that date.
(2)  Notwithstanding regulation 6 of the principal Regulations, upon the expiry of a licence referred to in paragraph (1), the owner of the harbour craft in question shall, unless before such expiry —
(a)the licence is cancelled or not renewed; or
(b)the harbour craft ceases to be a Singapore ship,
be deemed to be granted a licence for that craft.
(3)  For the avoidance of doubt, the validity of the licence shall be in accordance with regulation 7(3)(a) and (6) of the principal Regulations.
(4)  The Port Master shall issue to the owner of the harbour craft who is deemed under paragraph (2) to be granted a licence, a copy of the licence.
[G.N. Nos. S 262/2002; S92/2003; S 25/2005; S 667/2006; S 141/2007; S 132/2009]

Made this 23rd day of July 2009.

LUCIEN WONG
Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority of
Singapore.
[MPA 46/01.C11.V06/LSK; AG/LEG/SL/170A/2005/9 Vol. 1]