Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 · As enacted · Part II · Brunei Darussalam Registry
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Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A ship shall not be registered under any name except a name which is approved by the Registrar and a Brunei Darussalam ship shall not be described by any name other than that by which it is for the time being registered.
ship
"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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The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan, make regulations for the approval of a ship's name and the changes thereto.
i3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), the Registrar may, with the approval of the Minister, in the regulations -
{a} require an existing ship to be registered under its existing name unless a change thereof has been approved in accordance with the regulations; and
require an existing ship to change its name if it is the same as or similar to the name of a Brunei Darussalam ship.
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;
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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