Merchant Shipping (Pleasure Craft) Regulations 2020

No. S 161

Merchant Shipping Act

(CHAPTER 179)

Merchant Shipping
(Pleasure Craft) Regulations 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 44(2), 45, 100(1), 116(1) and 216 of the Merchant Shipping Act, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, makes the following Regulations:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Merchant Shipping (Pleasure Craft) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 1 July 2020.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“accredited organisation” means an organisation authorised by the Director to conduct surveys in accordance with Part 3;

“Convention” means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 and any amendment to it which has come into force and has been accepted by the Government;

“gross tonnage”, in relation to a pleasure craft, means the gross tonnage of the pleasure craft as specified in its Singapore Tonnage Certificate or, if none, a builder’s certificate recognised by the Director, or, if none, as determined by the Director —

(a)	for a craft with a load line length not exceeding 24 metres, in accordance with the tonnage measurement method set out in the First Schedule; or
(b)	for a craft with a load line length of 24 metres or more, in accordance with the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969;

“IMO” means the International Maritime Organization;

“load line length”, in relation to a pleasure craft, means —

(a)	96% of the total length on the waterline of the pleasure craft at 85% of the least moulded depth measured from the top of the keel; or
(b)	the length from the fore‑side of the stem to the axis of the rudder stock on that waterline,

whichever is greater, and in determining the load line length in relation to a pleasure craft that is designed with a rake of keel, the waterline that is used to measure the load line length of the pleasure craft must be parallel to the designed waterline;

“owner”, in relation to a pleasure craft, means any person who is the sole, joint or part owner of the pleasure craft;

“passenger” means every person on board a pleasure craft other than any of the following:

(a)	the master;
(b)	any crew member of the pleasure craft;
(c)	any person employed or engaged in any capacity in connection with the business of the pleasure craft;
(d)	any child below one year of age;

“pleasure craft” means any ship that is intended to be used exclusively by its owner, or a guest of the owner without payment of any fee or other form of consideration, for sport or pleasure;

“recognised surveyor” means —

(a)	a person who is employed by an accredited organisation to conduct a survey of a pleasure craft and to issue a survey report under Part 3; or
(b)	a person who is authorised by the Director to conduct a survey of a pleasure craft and to issue a survey report under Part 3;

“Singapore business entity” means any of the following entities that is carrying out any business activity in Singapore, whether for profit or not:

(a)	any body corporate that is incorporated under any written law in Singapore;
(b)	any firm or partnership registered under the Business Names Registration Act 2014 (Act 29 of 2014);
(c)	any limited partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act (Cap. 163B);
(d)	any society registered under the Societies Act (Cap. 311);
(e)	any unincorporated association that is formed in Singapore under any written law;

“Singapore pleasure craft” means a pleasure craft —

(a)	which is registered or registered anew, or that has its registry renewed, under these Regulations; and
(b)	which registry under these Regulations is not closed, or deemed to be closed, under these Regulations.

Exemption from certain provisions of Act

3.—(1) Sections 9(2), 10 to 16, 18, 19, 20(1)(a) and (2), 25 to 32, 34, 35 and 42(1)(a) of the Act do not apply in respect of a Singapore pleasure craft.

(2) Sections 99(2) and (3), 101, 104 to 114 and 116(3) of the Act do not apply in respect of a Singapore pleasure craft.

Made on 27 February 2020.

NIAM CHIANG MENG

Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

[MPA 46/02.C30/TYJ; AG/LEGIS/SL/179/2015/8 Vol. 5]

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