Merchant Shipping
(Civil Liability and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution) Act
(Chapter 179A, Section 29)
Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution) (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations
Rg 1
G.N. No. S 570/2008

REVISED EDITION 2010
(31st March 2010)
[21st November 2008]
Citation
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution) (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations.
Definitions
2.  In these Regulations —
“certificate” means a certificate issued by the Director under section 13 of the Act;
“GST” means the goods and services tax chargeable under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1993.
[S 1011/2022 wef 01/01/2023]
Cancellation 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, the certificate shall be cancelled by the Director.
[S 350/2022 wef 05/05/2022]
(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.
[S 350/2022 wef 05/05/2022]
(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.
[S 350/2022 wef 05/05/2022]
[S 350/2022 wef 05/05/2022]
4.  [Deleted by S 350/2022 wef 05/05/2022]
Fees
5.—(1)  The fees specified in the second column of the Schedule are payable to the Director in respect of the matters specified opposite in the first column.
(2)  Where GST is chargeable in respect of any matter specified in the first column of the Schedule, GST is calculated based on the rate in force at the time the matter is supplied.
[S 1011/2022 wef 01/01/2023]
Power to waive or refund fees
6.—(1)  The Director may, as he thinks fit, waive or refund, wholly or in part, the fees paid or payable in respect of item 1 or 2 of the Schedule.
[S 1011/2022 wef 01/01/2023]
[S 863/2023 wef 01/01/2024]
(2)  [Deleted by S 863/2023 wef 01/01/2024]
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