Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Regulations (S.I. No. 16 of 2010)

EXTRAORDINARY OFFICIAL GAZETTE THE BAHAMAS PUBLISHED BY AUTHORJTY NASSAU lSI March. 2010 MERCHANT SHIPPING (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2010 Arrangement of Sections Section I. Citation and commencement.. ............................................................................... 2 2. Amendment to First Schedule to Sub. Leg. Vol. IV, Ch. 268-5 .................. .. ......... 2 3. Revocation of Sub. Leg.,Vol. IV, Ch. 268-3 .......... .................. .................... .......... 5 MI ISTRY OFTHE ENVIRONMENT S. 1. No. 16 of 2010 MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT (CHAPTER 268) MERCHANT SHIPPING (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2010 The Minister in exercise of the powers conferred by section 289 of the Merchant Shipping Act, Chapter 268 makes the following Regulations 1. Citation and commencement. (I) These Regulations which amends the Merchant Shipping Regulations ' may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Regulations, 20 I O. (2) These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into force on the I" day of January, 2010. 2. Amendment to Fi rst Schedule to Sub. Leg. Vol. IV, Ch. 268-5. The First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended (a) in Section A in Part 111 (i) by the deletion of the words "$50.00"and "$200.00" in item 39 and the substitution therefor of the words "$200.00" and "$400.00" respectively; (ii) by the deletion of the words "$30.00" in item 40 and the substitution therefor of the words "$50.00"; (iii) by the deletion of the words "$2 10.00" in item 43 and the substitution therefor of the words "$250.00"; (iv) by the deletion of the words "Tons Gross" and all of the remaining particulars appearing thereunder in item 44 and the substitution therefor of the words "$1 ,000.00"; (v) by the de letion of the words "$60.00" in item 51 and the substitution therefor of the words "$150.00"; (b) in Section B in Part [V (i) by the deletion of the words "$50.00" in item 48 and the substitution of the words "$100.00"; and 'Sub. Leg. Vol. IV, Ch. 268-5 . 2 (ii) by the deletion of the words "$\00.00" in item 59 and the substitution therefore of the words "$300.00"; and (c) by the insertion immediately after Part rv of the following new Parts "PARTY (a) The following annual fees shall apply (i) for ships of 2,000 net tonnage or less $2552.00; (ii) for ships of not less than 2,00 I net tonnage but not more than 5,000 net tonnage $2090.00 plus $0.20 per register ton; and (iii) for ships of not less than 5,00 I net tonnage $2090.00 plus $0.17 per register ton; (b) The following annual fees shall apply in respect of home trade ships and ships not engaged in commercial trade (i) home trade ship of 2,000 net tonnage or less the annual fee shall be $725.00; (i i) home trade ship of not less than 2,001 net tonnage the annual fee shall be $600.00 plus $0.13 per net ton; and (iii) ship not engaged in commercial trade the annual fee shall be $700.00. (c) Issue ofa Certificate or Endorsement for a seafarer (d) Renewal of a Certificate or Endorsement issued to a seafarer (e) Issue of a "Seaman's Record Book" for a seafarer (I) Issue of Safe Manning Document (to a ship) (g) Permit to Operate for a High Speed Craft (h) Issue of a Closure/Deletion Certificate (i) Issue of a Letter of consent for bareboat charter U) Issue of an ExemptioniDispensation $130 $130 $50 $200 $300 $1,000 $200 $150 (k) Services rendered for which no specific fee is stipu lated per hour of the work $150 (I) Annual Inspection fee $1,600 (m) Additional inspection by an Inspector performing Flag and Port State activities travel and accommodation $150 plus expenses where applicable (n) Inspection and assessment for approval of training course or centre $150 3 (0) Issue of copy of a certificate/documentlletter same as specified for issue ofthe original cert ificate/documentlletter. $150 PART VI REGISTRATION ASSOCIATED FEES/SERVICES (a) Issue ofa Continuous Synopsis Record $150 (b) Continuous Synops is Record Annual Maintenance Fee $ 150 (c) Allotment of an Identification Number $50 (d) Issue of an Extension Provisional Certificate of Registry $200 (e) Issue ofa CertificatelDocumentiLetter for which no specific fee is stipulated $150 (I) Set of Registration documents $280 (g) Certification of a Document of Certificate $100 (h) Retrieval of registration document from storage $40 PART VII CIVIL LIABILITY CERTIFICATE (a) Issue of a Certificate of Civil Liability (Oil) for a Bahamas registered ship $150 (b) Issue of a Certificate of Civil Liability (Oi l) for a non-Bahamas registered sh ip $300 (c) Issue of a Certificate of Civi l Liability (Bunker) for a Bahamas registered ship $150 (d) Issue of a Certificate of Civi l Liability (Bunker) for a non-Bahamas registered (a) (b) ~ip ~OO PART VIII LONG RANGE IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING (LRIT) Issue of an initial LRlT Conformance Test Report (CTR) $400 Issue of an Amended/Duplicate CTR (c) A fixed annual Maintenance fee for LRlT $200 $200". 4 3. Revocation of SUb. Leg.,Vol. IV, Ch. 268-3. The Merchant Shipping (Amended Fees) Order is hereby revoked. Made this 24th day of February, 2010. Signed EARL D. DEVEAUX Minister responsible for Maritime Affairs 5