Closure of registry of bareboat charter ship
29.—(1)  A registered bareboat charterer of a Singapore ship (bareboat charter registry) may make a written application to close its registry and upon receipt of the application and the certificate of registry (bareboat charter ship), the Registrar may close the registry and make an entry thereof in the register.
(2)  The registry of a bareboat charter ship shall be deemed to be closed (and the Registrar shall make an entry thereof in the register) —
(a)on the expiry date entered in its register;
(b)if it is provisionally registered under regulation 26 and its registry is not completed within the period stated in that regulation;
(c)when the registered bareboat charterer ceases to be the bareboat charterer of the ship or is no longer qualified to own Singapore ships; or
(d)on the ship being destroyed or lost.
(3)  The reference in paragraph (2) to a bareboat charter ship being destroyed or lost includes its being destroyed or lost through demolition, fire, sinking and shipwreck.