Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1996
Table of Contents
Enacting Formula
1 Citation and commencement
Part I CONDITIONS FOR REGISTRY OF SHIPS
2 Definitions
3 Owners of ships registered under Part II of Act
4 Closure of registry of certain tugs, barges and ships
5 Conditions for registry
6 Requirements as to paid-up capital for company ownership of ships
7 Closure of registry of ship upon reduction of paid-up capital of company owner
8 Registry of foreign owned and locally owned ships
9 Application for registry
Part II APPROVAL OF SHIP’S NAME
10 Name under which ship is to be registered
11 Application for Registrar’s approval of name of ship
12 Registrar may require change of name or refuse to approve a proposed name
13 Reservation of names
Part III EVIDENCE OF SEAWORTHINESS
14 Evidence of seaworthiness
Part IV CHANGES OF PARTICULARS
15 Application to Registrar to record change of particulars
Part V REGISTRY OF PLEASURE CRAFT
16 Pleasure craft
17 Registry of pleasure craft
18 Registered owner to ensure that pleasure craft is properly marked
19 Validity of registry
20 Change of ownership, etc., of pleasure craft
21 Closure of registry of pleasure craft
22 Exemption of pleasure craft from section 18 of Act and application of provisions of Act to pleasure craft
Part VI BAREBOAT REGISTRY
23 Definitions
24 Bareboat Charter In
25 Register and registry of bareboat charter ship
26 Provisional registry of bareboat charter ship
27 Certificate of registry
28 Extension of expiry date of registry
29 Closure of registry of bareboat charter ship
30 Application of provisions of Act to a registered bareboat charter ship
31 Bareboat Charter Out
32 Extension of expiry date of suspension of Singapore registry
33 Termination of suspension of Singapore registry
34 Where no application for termination of suspension of Singapore registry is made
35 Act and regulations not to apply to ship when Singapore registry suspended
Part VII MISCELLANEOUS
36 Payment of annual tonnage tax
37 Registers
38 Forms
39 Revocation