SHIPPING REGISTRATION ACT 1981 - SECT 65 Alterations to ships
SHIPPING REGISTRATION ACT 1981 - SECT 65
Alterations to ships(1) Where a registered ship is so altered as not to correspond with the particulars relating to the ship's tonnage or description contained in the relevant register , the registered agent shall give notice of the alteration, in such manner, and within such time, as are prescribed:
(a) if the alteration is made at a foreign port at which there is a proper officer--to the proper officer at that port;
(b) if the alteration is made outside Australia while the ship is at sea or at a foreign port at which there is no proper officer and, subsequently, but before arriving at an Australian port, the ship arrives at a foreign port at which there is a proper officer--to the proper officer at the first such port at which the ship so arrives; or
(c) in any other case--to the Registrar;
(d) where a notice of alteration is so given to a proper officer--the proper officer shall, subject to the regulations, grant a provisional registration certificate in respect of the ship in accordance with the approved form ; or
(e) where a notice of alteration is so given to the Registrar--the Registrar shall, subject to the application of sections 16 and 26 as if the ship were not a registered ship, enter the alteration in the relevant register in accordance with the regulations and grant a new registration certificate in respect of the ship.
(2) Subject to subsection ( 4), a provisional registration certificate granted in respect of a ship under subsection ( 1) has the same effect as a registration certificate until:
(a) the ship arrives in an Australian port; or
(b) the expiration of the period of 6 months commencing on the date on which the certificate was granted;
(3) If a proper officer grants a provisional registration certificate under this section, he or she must forward the following to the Registrar:
(a) a copy of the certificate;
(b) a statement in accordance with the regulations setting out particulars relating to the grant of the certificate;
(c) the documents prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.
(4) If, while a provisional registration certificate granted in respect of a ship under subsection ( 1) is in effect, application is made in the manner prescribed, the Registrar may, by notice in writing served on the applicant, extend, in relation to the certificate, the period referred to in paragraph ( 2)(b) and, in that event, the reference in that paragraph to a period of 6 months shall be read as a reference to that period as so extended.
(5) The person who has possession of a provisional registration certificate granted in respect of a ship under subsection ( 1) shall, within 10 days after the ship first arrives at an Australian port after the grant, lodge the certificate with the Registrar.
(6) Upon lodgment of a provisional registration certificate under subsection ( 5), the Registrar shall, subject to the application of sections 16 and 26 as if the ship were not a registered ship, enter the alteration in the relevant register in accordance with the regulations and grant a new registration certificate in respect of the ship.
(7) Where a notice is not given in respect of a ship within a particular time as required by subsection ( 1), the obligation to give notice as required by that subsection continues, notwithstanding that that time has passed, until that notice is so given.
(8) Where a notice is not given in respect of a ship as required by this section, the owner of the ship commits , in respect of each day during which the notice is not so given (including the day of a conviction under this subsection or any subsequent day), an offence punishable upon conviction:
(a) if the offender is a natural person--by a fine not exceeding 5 penalty units ; or
(b) if the offender is a body corporate--by a fine not exceeding
10 penalty units .