Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00206:reg:20:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00206
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 20 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 31373–33924

20  Provisional registration certificates for ships becoming entitled to be registered when abroad

Requirements for grant of provisional registration certificate
 (1) For the purposes of subsection 22(1) or 22A(1) or (2) of the Act, a proper officer or the Registrar must not grant a provisional registration certificate in respect of a ship unless:
 (a) there is lodged with the proper officer or Registrar, as the case requires, an application in writing signed by each owner of the ship specifying the matters referred to in subsection (2); and
 (b) there is produced to the proper officer or the Registrar, as the case requires, for noting the things referred to in subsection (3).
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the matters are the following:
 (a) the existing name (if any) of the ship;
 (b) if the ship is unnamed—the builder's identification of the ship;
 (c) the proposed name of the ship;
 (d) the proposed home port of the ship;
 (e) the call sign (if any) of the ship;
 (f) the name and address of the builder of the ship;
 (g) the year of completion of construction of the ship;
 (h) particulars of the characteristics of the ship set out in section 39;
 (i) if the ship is a ship to which subsection 16(1) of the Act applies and a tonnage certificate is not in force in relation to the ship:
 (i) an estimate of the gross tonnage of the ship; and
 (ii) an estimate of the net tonnage of the ship; and
 (iii) the identity of the person by whom those estimates were made;
 (j) particulars of any previous registration of the ship;
 (k) in relation to each owner of the ship:
 (i) the name, address and nationality of the person; and
 (ii) the extent of the interest of the person in the ship;
 (l) if the application is in respect of a ship the registration of which depends on the ship being a ship on demise charter to Australian‑based operators:
 (i) the name, address and nationality of each charterer under the charterparty; and
 (ii) the extent of the interest of each charterer in the demise charter of the ship;
 (m) the date and manner of acquisition of the ship by the current owner;
 (n) the name, address and description of each of the persons from whom the ship was acquired;
 (o) details of any application lodged under section 15 of the Act to register the ship.
 (3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the things are the following:
 (a) the instrument (if any) by which ownership of the ship passed to the owner named in the application;
 (b) the tonnage certificate (if any) that is in force in relation to