Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

No. S 865

Merchant Shipping Act 1995

Merchant Shipping
(Fees) (Amendment)
Regulations 2023

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 2023 and come into operation on 1 January 2024.

Deletion of regulation 2A

2. In the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations (Rg 17) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations), delete regulation 2A.

Amendment of First Schedule

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

(a)

in Part I, replace items 1, 2 and 3 with —

“1.	Replacement of a Certificate of Registry

$32.70 (inclusive of GST).

2.	Inspection of the register

$10.90 (inclusive of GST).

3.	On a mortgage or transfer or transmission of mortgage according to the tonnage of the ship or shares (for example, the mortgage of a 1/64 share in a ship of 6,400 tons is to be reckoned as the mortgage of 100 tons)

$52.32 (inclusive of GST) plus $1.09 (inclusive of GST) per 100 tons or part of every 100 tons.”;

(b)

in Part II, in item 2, replace paragraph (b) with —

“(b)

in relation to 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:

Tonnage (tons)

Fee

Exceeding

Not
Exceeding

Initial survey

Periodic survey
(inclusive of GST)

Renewal survey
(inclusive of GST)

100

$3,750

$904.70

$1,176.11

100

1,000

$3,750 plus $360 per 100 tons or part of every 100 tons

$904.70 plus $92.65 per 100 tons or part of every 100 tons

$1,176.11 plus $120.45 per 100 tons or part of every 100 tons

1,000

5,000

$6,990 plus $650 per 500 tons or part of every 500 tons

$1,738.55 plus $218 per 500 tons or part of every 500 tons

$2,260.12 plus $283.40 per 500 tons or part of every 500 tons

Exceeding 5,000

$12,190 plus $650 per 5,000 tons or part of every 5,000 tons

$3,482.55 plus $218 per 5,000 tons or part of every 5,000 tons

$4,527.32 plus $283.40 per 5,000 tons or part of every 5,000 tons

”;

(c)

in Part II, in item 4, replace paragraph (b) with —

“(b)

in relation to 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:

Tonnage (tons)

Fee

Exceeding

Not
Exceeding

Initial survey

Renewal survey
(inclusive of GST)

Intermediate /
Annual survey
and endorsement
(inclusive of GST)

100

$1,230

$632.20

$359.70

100

1,000

$1,230 plus $60 per 100 tons or part of every 100 tons

$632.20 plus $32.70 per 100 tons or part of every 100 tons

$359.70 plus $21.80 per 100 tons or part of every 100 tons

1,000

5,000

$1,770 plus $180 per 500 tons or part of every 500 tons

$926.50 plus $98.10 per 500 tons or part of every 500 tons

$555.90 plus $65.40 per 500 tons or part of every 500 tons

Exceeding 5,000

$3,210 plus $180 per 5,000 tons or part of every 5,000 tons

$1,711.30 plus $98.10 per 5,000 tons or part of every 5,000 tons

$1,079.10 plus $65.40 per 5,000 tons or part of every 5,000 tons

”;

(d)

in Part II, in item 5, replace paragraph (b) with —

“(b)

in relation to 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:

Tonnage (tons)

Fee

Exceeding

Not
Exceeding

Initial
survey

Renewal
survey
(inclusive of
GST)

Annual
survey
and
endorsement
(inclusive of
GST)

Intermediate
survey
(inclusive of
GST)

100

$3,650

$632.20

$337.90

$490.50

100

1,000

$3,650 plus $260 per 100 tons or part of every 100 tons

$632.20 plus $65.40 per 100 tons or part of every 100 tons

$337.90 plus $32.70 per 100 tons or part of every 100 tons

$490.50 plus $54.50 per 100 tons or part of every 100 tons

1,000

5,000

$5,990 plus $420 per 500 tons or part of every 500 tons

$1,220.80 plus $163.50 per 500 tons or part of every 500 tons

$632.20 plus $76.30 per 500 tons or part of every 500 tons

$981 plus $87.20 per 500 tons or part of every 500 tons

Exceeding 5,000

$9,350 plus $420 per 5,000 tons or part of every 5,000 tons

$2,528.80 plus $163.50 per 5,000 tons or part of every 5,000 tons

$1,242.60 plus $76.30 per 5,000 tons or part of every 5,000 tons

$1,678.60 plus $87.20 per 5,000 tons or part of every 5,000 tons

”;

(e)

in Part II, in item 9(b)(ii), replace “$64.80” with “$65.40”;

(f)

in Part II, in item 9(b)(iv), replace “$43.20” with “$43.60”;

(g)

in Part II, in item 10, replace “$194.40” with “$196.20”;

(h)

in Part II, in item 18, replace “$32.40” with “$32.70”;

(i)

in Part III, in item 7, replace “$19.44” with “$19.62”;

(j)

in Part III, in item 10, replace “$11.88” with “$11.99”;

(k)

in Part IV, in item 6, replace “$16.20” with “$16.35”;

(l)

in Part IV, in item 7, replace “$46.43” with “$46.86”;

(m)

in Part IV, in item 8, replace “$10.80” with “$10.90”;

(n)

in Part VI, in items 1 and 2(b), replace “$1,350” with “$1,362.50”; and

(o)

in Part VIII, in item 2, replace “$15.12” with “$15.26”.

Replacement of Second and Third Schedules

4. In the principal Regulations, replace the Second and Third Schedules with —

“SECOND SCHEDULE

Regulation 2(2)

Annual administrative fee for ships

First column
Tonnage (tons)

Second column

Exceeding

Not Exceeding

Annual administrative fee
(inclusive of GST)

299

$122.24

299

2,000

$305.60

Exceeding 2,000

$611.22

THIRD SCHEDULE

Regulation 2(3)

Annual administrative fee for tankers

First column
Tonnage (tons)

Second column

Exceeding

Not Exceeding

Annual administrative fee
(inclusive of GST)

299

$244.48

299

2,000

$427.85

Exceeding 2,000

$733.46

”.

[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]

Made on 15 December 2023.

NIAM CHIANG MENG

Chairperson,
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

[MPA 46/02.C03/NWT; AG/LEGIS/SL/179/2020/5 Vol. 1]

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