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.