Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00206:reg:14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00206
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 14
Character Range: 22154–24111

14  Ownership document
 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 12(1)(f), this section sets out the ownership document.

Ship registered under the Act
 (2) If the ship has been registered under the Act, the ownership document is the transfer document for any change in the ownership of the ship from the ownership 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 ownership document is any document that is evidence of title to the ship under the overseas registration law.

Ship never registered
 (4) If the ship has never been registered, the ownership document is:
 (a) a builder's certificate and the transfer document for any change in ownership of the ship (whether occurring before or after the date of the builder's certificate); or
 (b) if those documents are unavailable and the ship was built, and acquired by the owner, outside Australia—the document by which the ship's owner acquired ownership of the ship.

Alternative document
 (5) If the owner of the ship, after taking all reasonable action, cannot obtain a document mentioned in subsection (2), (3) or (4), the ownership document is:
 (a) a statutory declaration by the applicant for registration of the ship that gives the history of the ownership of the ship; or
 (b) both of the following:
 (i) a statutory declaration by the applicant stating that the applicant believes that the person who is named in the application as the ship's owner is lawfully entitled to the ownership of the ship and stating the grounds for that belief;
 (ii) a copy of a notice of intention to apply for registration of the ship that is in accordance with an approved form and that was published on the Authority's website at least 30 days before the application for registration was lodged with the Registrar.