Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00206:reg:13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00206
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 13
Character Range: 20461–22154

13  Identification document
 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 12(1)(e), this section sets out the identification document.

Ship registered under the Act
 (2) If the ship has been registered under the Act, the identification document is a statutory declaration by a person that specifies the way (if any) in which the ship differs from the description that appeared in the General Register or International Register immediately before the ship last ceased to be registered.

Ship registered under an overseas registration law
 (3) If the ship has been registered under an overseas registration law, the identification document is:
 (a) if the overseas registration certificate contains the information about the ship that is stated in a builder's certificate and all of that information is correct—the overseas registration certificate; or
 (b) if the overseas registration certificate does not contain the information about the ship that is stated in a builder's certificate or does contain that information but any of that information is incorrect—a statutory declaration by a person that sets out the information or the correct information.

Ship never registered
 (4) If the ship has never been registered, the identification document is:
 (a) a builder's certificate; or
 (b) if the ship's owner or registered agent, after taking all reasonable action, cannot obtain a builder's certificate—a statutory declaration by a person that states the following:
 (i) the information covered by subsection 11(1);
 (ii) so much of the information required to be in a builder's certificate that is known to the person;
 (iii) the grounds on which the person asserts the truth of that information.