Section 6Part 2 — REGISTRATION OF SHIPS
Representative person
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6. (1) Where the entitlement of a ship to be registered is, by virtue of section 5, conditional on the appointment of a representative person in relation to the ship, the owner of the ship shall —
before applying for the ship to be registered, appoint an individual or body corporate satisfying the prescribed requirements to be the representative person in relation to the ship; and
ensure that, so long as the ship remains registered, an individual or body corporate satisfying those requirements is so appointed.
For the purposes of subsection (1) the prescribed requirements are —
the representative person is either —
an individual resident in the Islands; or business there; and
a body corporate incorporated in the Islands and having a place of
such other requirements as Cabinet may, by regulations, prescribe.
The owner of a ship in relation to which a representative person is for the time being appointed shall —
on applying for the ship to be registered, notify the Registrar of Shipping of the name and address of the representative person; and
in the event of a change in the identity, or in the address, of the representative person so appointed, notify the Registrar of Shipping of the name and address of the new representative person, or, of the new address, as soon as practicable after the change occurs, Merchant Shipping Act, 2024 Section 6 c Act 1 of 2024 Page 25 and the Registrar of Shipping shall record any particulars notified to the Registrar of Shipping in pursuance of this section in the register kept by the Registrar of Shipping under this Act.
A document required or authorised, by virtue of any statutory provision, to be served for the purpose of the institution of, or otherwise in connection with, proceedings for an offence under this Act, or under any instruments in force under this Act shall, where the person to be served is the owner of a registered ship, be treated as served on that person if —
delivered to any representative person for the time being appointed in relation to the ship;
sent to any such representative person by post at the address notified or last notified to the Registrar of Shipping under subsection (3) in relation to that person; or
left for any such representative person at that address.
In addition to all other requirements of this section, a representative person shall —
provide such information with respect to the ship in relation to which he or she is a representative person, or the owner of such ship; and
carry out such instructions or directives with respect to the representative person’s duties and responsibilities in relation to such ship or its owner, as may be required by the Chief Executive Officer.
(a) Subject to paragraph (b), a representative person who is appointed as such and whose name and address is notified to the Registrar of Shipping in accordance with subsection (3)(a), shall, for the purposes of this Act —
remain as the representative person in relation to the ship for which the representative person was so appointed; and representative persons, until such time as the Registrar of Shipping is notified in accordance with subsection (3)(b) of a change in the identity or address of the representative person.
be subject to all the requirements of this Act applicable to
Paragraph (a) does not apply where the Chief Executive Officer is satisfied that it is not desirable or appropriate that the representative person to remain as such. representative person.
A person who contravenes subsection (1)(b), (3)(b) or (5) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of three thousand dollars. Section 7 Merchant Shipping Act, 2024 Page 26 Act 1 of 2024 c