Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00206:reg:19:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00206
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 19 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 28199–30875

19  New registration certificates and provisional registration certificates

Application for grant of new registration certificate
 (1) For the purposes of subsection 21(1) of the Act, an application for the grant of a new registration certificate for a ship must:
 (a) be in writing; and
 (b) specify the name and official number of the ship; and
 (c) specify the reasons why a new registration certificate is required; and
 (d) if those reasons are that the registration certificate for the ship has been mislaid, lost or destroyed—specify the circumstances of the mislaying, loss or destruction; and
 (e) be signed by the registered agent of the ship.

Application for grant of provisional registration certificate
 (2) For the purposes of subsection 21(2) of the Act, a provisional registration certificate must not be granted in respect of a ship unless:
 (a) there is lodged with the Registrar or the proper officer an application in writing signed by the registered agent of the ship; and
 (b) the application specifies the particulars of the ship, its owners and its registered agent as specified in the registration certificate; and
 (c) the application specifies the circumstances of the mislaying, loss or destruction of the registration certificate.

Offences
 (3) A person commits an offence of strict liability if:
 (a) the person is the registered agent of a ship or the owner, or one of the joint owners, or owners in common, of one or more shares in a ship; and
 (b) a new registration certificate in respect of the ship is granted under subsection 21(1) or (7) of the Act because of another registration certificate in respect of the ship having been mislaid or lost; and
 (c) after that grant, that other registration certificate is found and is in the custody or control of the person; and
 (d) the person does not, before the end of 30 days starting on the day the other registration certificate came into the custody or control of the person, lodge that other registration certificate with the Registrar for cancellation.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
 (4) A person commits an offence of strict liability if:
 (a) the person is the registered agent of a ship or the owner, or one of the joint owners, or owners in common, of one or more shares in a ship; and
 (b) a provisional registration certificate in respect of the ship is granted under subsection 21(2) or (7) of the Act because of another registration certificate in respect of the ship having been mislaid or lost; and
 (c) after that grant, that other registration certificate is found and is in the custody or control of the person; and
 (d) the person does not, before the end of 30 days starting