SHIPPING REGISTRATION ACT 1981 - SECT 67 Power to inquire into ownership of registered ship
SHIPPING REGISTRATION ACT 1981 - SECT 67
Power to inquire into ownership of registered ship(1) Where the Authority has reason to suspect that a registered ship is not entitled to be registered, it may, by notice in writing served on the registered agent of the ship, require him or her to furnish to the Authority within a specified period (not being less than 30 days) after the date of service of the notice, evidence of the ownership of the ship.
(2) If the registered agent of a ship on whom a notice is served
under subsection ( 1) fails to furnish to the Authority, within the
period specified in the notice, evidence to the satisfaction of the Authority
that the ship is entitled to be registered, the Authority may, by notice in
writing given to the Registrar, direct that the registration relating to the
ship be closed and, upon receipt of such a notice by the Registrar, section
66 applies as if the ship had ceased to be entitled to be registered
and the notice were a notice under subsection 66(1) stating that fact.