Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

No. S 760

Merchant Shipping Act 1995

Merchant Shipping
(Fees) (Amendment)
Regulations 2024

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 213(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 and come into operation on 1 October 2024.

New regulation 2A

2. In the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations (Rg 17) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations), after regulation 2, insert —

“Temporary partial waiver for certain fees

2A. In respect of the fees specified in the following Parts of the First Schedule, an amount equivalent to 9% of each fee (exclusive of GST) is waived for the period between 1 October 2024 and 31 December 2025 (both dates inclusive):

(a)	items 11(b) and 12(a)(ii), (b)(ii) and (c)(ii) of Part II;
(b)	items 1, 2, 12, 13 and 15 of Part III;
(c)	items 4 and 5(b) of Part IV.”.

Amendment of First Schedule

3. In the principal Regulations, in the First Schedule —

(a)

replace the Schedule reference with —

“Regulations 2 and 2A”;

(b)

in the following provisions, delete “(inclusive of GST)” wherever it appears:

Part I, items 1, 2 and 3

Part II, items 2(b), 4(b), 5(b), 9(b)(ii) and (iv), 10 and 18

Part III, items 7 and 10

Part IV, items 6, 7 and 8

Part VI, items 1 and 2(b)

Part VIII, item 2;

(c)

in Part II, replace items 11 and 12 with —

“11.	Issue of a certificate or a report on strength of existing records or documents submitted or for non‑statutory surveys:

(a)	for a vessel that falls within the meaning of a “ship” under section 21(4)(a) of the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993

$65.

(b)	for a vessel that does not fall within the meaning of a “ship” under section 21(4)(a) of the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993

$70.85.

12.	Survey or inspection outside office hours (in addition to the appropriate fee prescribed for the survey or inspection):

(a)	first hour or part thereof:

(i)	for a vessel that falls within the meaning of a “ship” under section 21(4)(a) of the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993

$120.

(ii)	for a vessel that does not fall within the meaning of a “ship” under section 21(4)(a) of the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993

$130.80.

(b)	each additional 30 minutes or part thereof:

(i)	for a vessel that falls within the meaning of a “ship” under section 21(4)(a) of the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993

$60.

(ii)	for a vessel that does not fall within the meaning of a “ship” under section 21(4)(a) of the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993

$65.40.

(c)	transport for each visit within Singapore, if required:

(i)	for a vessel that falls within the meaning of a “ship” under section 21(4)(a) of the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993

$40.

(ii)	for a vessel that does not fall within the meaning of a “ship” under section 21(4)(a) of the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993

$43.60.”;

(d)

in Part III, in items 1(a)(i) and 2(a)(i), replace “$165” with “$179.85”;

(e)

in Part III, in item 1(a)(ii), replace “$85” with “$92.65”;

(f)

in Part III, in items 1(a)(iii) and 13(a)(i) and (b)(ii), replace “$75” with “$81.75”;

(g)

in Part III, in items 1(a)(iv) and 2(a)(ii), replace “$65” with “$70.85”;

(h)

in Part III, in item 1(a)(v), replace “$22” with “$23.98”;

(i)

in Part III, in items 1(b)(i) and 2(b)(i), replace “$175” with “$190.75”;

(j)

in Part III, in items 1(b)(ii) and 2(b)(ii), replace “$90” with “$98.10”;

(k)

in Part III, in items 1(b)(iii) and 13(a)(iii) and (b)(iii), replace “$40” with “$43.60”;

(l)

in Part III, in item 12, replace “$60” with “$65.40”;

(m)

in Part III, in item 13(a)(ii), replace “$35” with “$38.15”;

(n)

in Part III, in item 13(b)(i), replace “$150” with “$163.50”;

(o)

in Part III, in item 15, delete “for a Certificate of Competency for dual vocation officers of Class 1, 2, 3A, 3B or 4, or”;

(p)

in Part III, in item 15, replace “$250” with “$272.50”;

(q)

in Part IV, in item 4, replace “$18” with “$19.62”;

(r)

in Part IV, replace item 5 with —

“5.	Official Log Book, per copy:

(a)	issued for a vessel that falls within the meaning of a “ship” under section 21(4)(a) of the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993

$7.

(b)	issued for a vessel that does not fall within the meaning of a “ship” under section 21(4)(a) of the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993

$7.63.”; and

(s)

in Part VIII, delete item 1.

Amendment of Second Schedule

4. In the principal Regulations, in the Second Schedule, in the table, in the second column, in the column heading, delete “(inclusive of GST)”.

Amendment of Third Schedule

5. In the principal Regulations, in the Third Schedule, in the table, in the second column, in the column heading, delete “(inclusive of GST)”.

[G.N. Nos. S 98/98; S 344/98; S 216/2004; S 387/2005; S 670/2008; S 202/2010; S 682/2011; S 683/2011; S 737/2013; S 227/2014; S 670/2016; S 300/2017; S 163/2020; S 354/2022; S 1013/2022; S 865/2023]

Made on 26 September 2024.

NIAM CHIANG MENG

Chairperson,
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

[MPA 46/02.C03/NWT; AG/LEGIS/SL/179/2020/5]

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