Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution) Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · General
31. Regulations
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, make regulations which are necessary or expedient for
Merchant Shipping
(Civil Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution)
oil
“oil” means any persistent hydrocarbon mineral oil such as crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil and lubricating oil, whether carried on board a ship as cargo or in the bunkers of ship;
giving effect to and carrying out the provisions of this Act, including the prescription of fees and of any other thing required to be or which may be prescribed under this Act, and for the due administration thereof.
Such regulations may include such incidental, consequential and supplementary provisions as the Minister considers necessary or expedient.
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations may be made to —
prescribe the amount of fees to be paid on an application for the issue of a certificate under section 13(1);
provide for the cancellation and delivery up to the Director of a certificate issued under section 13(1);
provide for matters relating to the conversion of amounts referred to in sections 7(3) and 27(5) from special drawing rights to such sums in Brunei Darussalam dollars;
provide for any other matter which is required or authorised by any provision of this Act to be provided for by regulations; and
subject to section 24(9), provide that any contravention or failure to comply with any of such regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.
Terms defined in s 2
Director
Defined · s 2“Director” means the Director of Marine appointed under section 4 of the Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 and includes the Deputy Director of Marine;
oil
Defined · s 2“oil” means any persistent hydrocarbon mineral oil such as crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil and lubricating oil, whether carried on board a ship as cargo or in the bunkers of ship;