Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

SHIPPING REGISTRATION REGULATIONS 1981 - REG 36

         (1)   Application under section 87 of the Act for the registration of a ship must be made by:

                (a)    lodging with the Registrar:

                          (i)    an application in writing for the registration of the ship duly signed by the owner of the ship;

                         (ii)    where the registration of the ship depends upon its being a ship on demise charter to an Australian-based operator, a copy of the charterparty;

                        (iii)    a declaration of ownership and nationality in accordance with regulation 9; and

                        (iv)    a notice in writing duly signed by the owner of the ship specifying the name and address of the person who will be, or of each of the persons who will constitute, the registered agent of the ship upon its being registered; and

               (b)    producing to the Registrar, for noting, the licence or other document (if any) authorizing the use of a call sign in relation to the ship.

         (2)   An application under subregulation (1) must specify:

                (a)    in order of preference, 3 proposed names for the ship;

               (b)    the proposed home port of the ship;

                (c)    the foreign register concerned;

               (d)    the official number of the ship on that register;

                (e)    the name of the ship appearing on that register; and

                (f)    the home port, or port of registry, of the ship appearing on that register.