PART XBAREBOAT CHARTER-IN

Applications77

1

Every application for registration of a bareboat charter ship shall be made to the Registrar at the General Registry of Shipping and Seaman in person or by post.

2

Regulation 21 (The applicant) shall apply to this Part as if the charterer were the owner.

3

Every application for registration of the ship shall be in a form approved by the Secretary of State and accompanied by:—

a

a declaration of eligibility which shall include:—

i

a declaration by every charterer setting out his qualification to register a bareboat charter ship, and

ii

in respect of fishing vessels, a declaration that the management, and direction and control, of the ship, will be carried out from within the United Kingdom.

b

a copy of the charter-party showing:—

i

the name of the ship;

ii

the name of the charterer or charterers and the name of the owner or owners of the ship;

iii

the date of the charter-party;

iv

the duration of the charter-party;

c

the certificate of registry, or other document, issued by the authority responsible for the registration of ships in the country of primary registration showing the ownership of the ship; and

d

where the charterer is a body corporate, the document or documents required by regulation 24 (Applications by bodies corporate).

4

Regulation 29 (Survey and measurement) shall apply to this Part.

5

The Registrar may refuse to register any fishing vessel as a bareboat charter ship if he is not satisfied that there is in force in respect of the vessel any certificate required to be so in force by virtue of section 4 of the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Act 1970.