Section 196Part 8 — SAFETY OF SUBMERSIBLES
Termination of registration
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196. (1) Subject to subsection (3), where the Chief Executive Officer is satisfied of any of the matters set out in subsection (2), the Chief Executive Officer may direct the Registrar of Shipping to terminate the registration of a submersible craft.
The matters of which the Chief Executive Officer shall be satisfied for the purposes of subsection (1) are —
that there has been a change —
in the ownership of the submersible craft; or in respect of the submersible craft, which has not been notified to the Registrar of Shipping;
in the identity, or the address, of the representative person appointed
if it is a condition of the registration of the submersible craft that a representative person be appointed, that no person is appointed to act in such capacity;
that having regard to —
the condition of the submersible craft so far as relevant to its safety or to any risk of pollution; or capacity on board the submersible craft, it is inappropriate for the submersible craft to continue to be registered;
the safety, health and welfare of persons employed or engaged in any
that any penalty imposed on the owner of the submersible craft in respect of a contravention of this Part, or of any regulations made under it, has remained unpaid for a period of more than three months and that no appeal against the penalty is pending; Merchant Shipping Act, 2024 Section 197 c Act 1 of 2024 Page 111
that any summons for any such contravention has been served on the owner of the submersible craft, and —
the owner has failed to appear at the time and place appointed for the trial of the information or complaint in question; and
a period of not less than three months has elapsed since that time; or
that the submersible craft is being operated without the registration number assigned to it by the Registrar of Shipping under section 193(8) being displayed and marked in accordance with section 197.
The Chief Executive Officer, before exercising the power conferred by subsection (1) to direct the Registrar of Shipping to terminate the registration of a submersible craft, shall —
serve on the owner of the submersible craft or on the person for the time being appointed as representative person in relation to the submersible craft, a notice stating —
that the Chief Executive Officer is satisfied, as mentioned in subsection (2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f); and of thirty days beginning with the date of service of the notice, to direct that the registration of the submersible craft in question be terminated unless the Chief Executive Officer is satisfied that it would be inappropriate to do so by any representations made to the Chief Executive Officer by or on behalf of the owner within that period; and
that the Chief Executive Officer intends, after the end of the period
have regard to any representations made to the Chief Executive Officer by the owner of the submersible craft within the period of thirty days specified in paragraph (a)(ii).
Where the registration of any submersible craft has been terminated under this section, the Chief Executive Officer may subsequently, if the Chief Executive Officer is satisfied that it would be appropriate to do so, direct the Registrar of Shipping to restore the registration of the submersible craft.