Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00206:reg:34:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00206
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 34 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 56960–59488

34  Alterations to ships

Manner of giving notice
 (1) For the purposes of subsection 65(1) of the Act, the manner of giving notice of an alteration to a registered ship is a notice in writing that:
 (a) specifies the name and official number of the ship; and
 (b) specifies the nature of the alteration; and
 (c) is signed by the registered agent of the ship.
 (2) The notice must be accompanied by:
 (a) a certificate that is in relation to the alteration of the ship and that is in accordance with subsection (3); and
 (b) if, because of the alteration, the particulars in the tonnage certificate (if any) in force for the ship immediately before the alteration are no longer correct or the ship has become a ship to which subsection 16(1) of the Act applies—the tonnage certificate (if any) in force for the ship as altered; and
 (c) the registration certificate, or provisional registration certificate, in force in respect of the ship.
 (3) The certificate in relation to the alteration of the ship must:
 (a) specify the name and official number of the ship; and
 (b) specify the date of completion of the alteration; and
 (c) specify the place at which the alteration was done; and
 (d) specify the name and address of the person who did the alteration; and
 (e) specify the name and address of the person for whom the alteration was undertaken; and
 (f) specify particulars of the characteristics of the ship set out in section 39 as altered; and
 (g) specify the gross tonnage and net tonnage of the ship as altered, estimated by the person who did the alterations if:
 (i) because of the alteration, the particulars in the tonnage certificate for the ship are no longer correct or the ship has become a ship to which subsection 16(1) of the Act applies; and
 (ii) a tonnage certificate is not in force for the ship as altered; and
 (h) be signed by the person who did the alteration.
 (4) If the alteration of the ship has been carried out in stages by more than one person:
 (a) a certificate in relation to the alteration may consist of several documents in accordance with subsection (3), each of which relates to one or more of those stages; and
 (b) a certificate that relates to all of those stages, or a document referred to in paragraph (a) that relates to more than one of those stages, must be signed by all of the persons responsible for the work carried out in those stages.

Time for giving notice
 (5) For the purposes of subsection 65(1) of the Act, notice of an alteration to a registered ship must be