Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution) (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 2008

No. S 570

Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution) Act 2008

(Act 24 of 2008)

Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution) (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 2008

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 29 of the Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution) Act 2008, 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 Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution) (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 2008 and shall come into operation on 21st November 2008.

Definition

2. In these Regulations, “certificate” means a certificate issued by the Director under section 13 of the Act.

Cancellation and delivery up of certificates

3.—(1) Where, at any time while a certificate is in force, the person to whom the certificate has been issued ceases to be the owner of the ship to which the certificate relates, he shall immediately deliver up the certificate to the Director and in such a case the certificate shall be cancelled by the Director.

(2) Where, at any time while a certificate is in force, it is established in any legal proceedings that the contract of insurance or other security in respect of which the certificate was issued is or may be treated as invalid, the certificate may be cancelled by the Director and, if so cancelled, shall on demand immediately be delivered up to the Director by the person to whom it was issued.

(3) Where, at any time while a certificate is in force, circumstances arise in relation to the insurer or guarantor named in the certificate (or, where more than one is so named, to any of them) such that, if the certificate were applied for at that time, the Director would be entitled to refuse the application under section 13(2) of the Act, the certificate may be cancelled by the Director and, if so cancelled, shall on demand immediately be delivered up to the Director by the person to whom it was issued.

Penalty for non-delivery

4. Any person who fails to deliver up a certificate as required under regulation 3 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

Fees

5. The fees specified in the second column of the Schedule shall be payable to the Director in respect of the matters specified in the first column thereof.

Made this 28th day of October 2008.

PETER ONG

Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

[MPA 46/10.C02. V01/LSK; AG/LEG/SL/179A/2008/1 Vol. 1]

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