Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 · As enacted · Part II · Brunei Darussalam Registry
42. Voluntary closure of registry
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The owner of a Brunei Darussalam ship may make a written application to close its registry if there is no -
Brunei Darussalam ship
"Brunei Darussalam ship" means a ship registered provisionally or otherwise, under Part II and its registry is not closed or deemed to be closed or suspended under that Part;
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unsatisfied mortgage entered in its register;
subsisting entry made under section 24 prohibiting any dealing with the ship;
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{c) unpaid fees within the meaning of subsection (4) of section 210
with respect to the ship; and f
{d) outstanding claims of the master or seamen of the ship in respect of wages which have been notified to the Director.
\2) The application shall specify the name of the ship, the intended port and country or territory of registry {if applicable) or otherwise the reason for the closure and shall be submitted to the Registrar together with the certificate of registry of the ship.
On receipt of the application and the certificate of registry, the Registrar shall, if he is satisfied of the matters mentioned in subsection (1), close the registry of the ship, make an entry thereof in the register and issue a certification of deletion to the owner in the specified form certifying that the ship's registry is closed and the date of such closure.
For the purposes of this section, "owner" includes any transferee of, or any person entitled under a transmission to the property in, a Brunei Darussalam ship.
Power of Registrar to close registry and cancel certificate of registry.
Terms defined in s 2
Brunei Darussalam ship
Defined · s 2"Brunei Darussalam ship" means a ship registered provisionally or otherwise, under Part II and its registry is not closed or deemed to be closed or suspended under that Part;
Director
Defined · s 2"Director" means the Director of Marine appointed under section 4 and includes the Deputy Director of Marine;
master
Defined · s 2"master" includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of any ship;
port
Defined · s 2"port" means any area in Brunei Darussalam declared to be a port under the Ports Act;
ship
Defined · s 2"ship" means any kind of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved and includes - (a} a barge, lighter or other floating vessel; and (b) an air cushion vehicle, or other similar craft, used wholly or primarily in navigation by water;
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