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Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234) Merchant Shipping (Ships Eligible For Registration) (Amendment) Regulations, 2003 (L.N. 348 Of 2003 )

MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT (CAP. 234)Merchant Shipping (Ships Eligible for Registration) (Amendment) Regulations, 2003

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 4(1)(c) and 374 of the Merchant Shipping Act, the Minister for Transport and Communications has made the following regulations: -

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the lst May, 2004.

“ “international owner” means:–
(a) either a foreign corporate body or other entity which enjoys to the satisfaction of the Registrar-General legal personality in terms of the law under which it has been established or constituted and which has satisfied the Registrar-General that it can and will ensure due observance of the laws of Malta relating to merchant shipping; or
(b) a citizen of a Member State of the European
Union;”.

Citation and commencement.

L.N. 71 of 2003

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Amends regulation

2 of the principal regulations.

Substitutes regulation 3 of the principal regulations.

“International owner.

a Maltese ship or a share therein.
(2) A foreign body or entity shall be deemed to satisfy the Registrar-General that it can and will ensure due observance of the law of Malta relating to merchant shipping, unless the Registrar-General has made a declaration to the contrary; and the Registrar-General may, in order not to make such a declaration or before withdrawing such declaration, impose such conditions as he may deem fit in the circumstances that may include the provision of a guarantee or bond.”.