Closure of bareboat charter ship’s registration by the RegistrarU.K.
87.—(1) The Registrar may, subject to regulation 101 (Service of notices), close the registration of a bareboat charter ship:—
(a)on application by the charterer;
(b)on the ship no longer being eligible to be registered;
[F1(ba)on determining that, at the time of registration, the ship was not eligible to be registered;
(bb)on receipt of a termination direction relating to the ship;]
(c)on the ship being destroyed (which includes, but is not limited to, shipwreck, demolition, fire and sinking);
(d)if, taking into account any requirement of the Merchant Shipping Acts (including any instrument made under them) relating to the condition of the ship or its equipment so far as it is relevant to its safety or to any risk of pollution or to the safety, health and welfare of persons employed or engaged in any capacity on board the ship, he considers that it would be inappropriate for the ship to remain registered.
[F2(e)if the bareboat charter ship is a fishing vessel which requires a licence to fish but at the time of registration did not have such a licence and has not acquired such a licence within 6 months of the issue of its certificate of bareboat charter registry.]
[F3(f)where the charterer of a fishing vessel fails to respond to the Registrar within 15 days of a request from him to supply information concerning details on the Register;
(g)where the charterer of a fishing vessel supplies information requested by the Registrar, but that information is either false or incorrect or is reasonably considered by the Registrar to be insufficient;
(h)where under regulation 84 the charterer is required to notify the Registrar, and has not done so;
(i)where under regulation 51 as applied by regulation 85 a person is required to make an application, and has not done so; or
(j)where a fishing vessel certificate has expired.]
(2) On closure of a ship’s registration under paragraph (1) the charterer shall forthwith surrender to the Registrar the certificate of bareboat charter [F4registry] for cancellation.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 87(1)(ba)(bb) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/509), regs. 1(3), 22; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Reg. 87(1)(e) added (1.1.1999) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2976), regs. 1, 16(a)
F3Reg. 87(1)(f)-(j) added (10.1.2000) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships, and Tonnage) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3206), regs. 1, 16
F4Word in reg. 87(2) inserted (1.1.1999) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2976), regs. 1, 16(b)
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