Mer chant Shipping Act (Amendment) Regul ations, 1989

L.N. J701 1989

MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1973

(ACT NO. XI OF 1973)

Mer chant Shipping Act (Amendment) Regul ations, 1989

IN exercise of the powcrsoonferred by 5ections 6(2) alld 374 o f t he

Mcrchallt Shipping Act . 1973. the Ministe r fo r Developmen t ofTeniary

Sector, with the concurre nce of the Minister of Finanee, has made the

following regula lio ns;-

I. (I) These regulations may be ci ted as the Merchant ShI pping

Act (Amendment) Regulations, 1989.

(2) These regula tions shall be: deemed 10 have come into

force on the 1st February , 1989.

Z. For th.e First Schedule to the Merchant Shippi ng Act, 1973 ,

::!e"'~:", there shall be substituted the following new Schedule

"F1RSTSCH EDULE

Scction 6

REG ISTRATION FEES

In res~t of all sh.ips , except fishing boats wholly o wned

A. (1 )

by ci tize ns of Mal ta who are whole- time gain fu lly occupied

fishermen

(u)

Fee on first registrutio n

Ship's t(}flnugc in rtJp«T of M'hich fee is puyllb/c Rllte p er Ion

for each o f the first 8,OCIO Ions . .. . .. ...... ..... ..

IOcents

for each Ion in ncess of 8.0CI0 lon5 .... .. .... ..

)cenl5 .

(b)

Annuallu

Ship's tonnage in "S~t 01 which lu is !ffJyablt Rate ~r ron

for each of the first 8,{XXl tons .................. .

15cents

fo r each ton in excess o f 8,0IXl tons bUI nOI in

8cents

excess o f 1O,{XXl .............................. .

fo r each ton in excess of 10,0IXl IOns but nol in

excess of 15 ,000 ..... , ... , .. , .. , .. , .. , .. , .... . .

6cents

for each IOn in excess of 15,1))) tons blll not in

excess of 20,000 ........ ..... , .. , ......... .... .

5 cents

for each ton in excess of ZO,I))) tons blll nOI in

4 cents

excessof30.000 ................ . , ............ .

fo r eac h Ion in excess o f 3O.OIXltons but not in

excess of 50.000 ..................... .. ...... .

Zcents.

for each Ion in excess of 50,1))) tons .......... .

(Z) The minimum fee on first registration and the m in imum

annual fee shall be eq ual 10 the fee respectively due on one hundred

tons.

(3) The annual fee due in respect of anyone yea r (o the r Ihan t he

yea r of first registralion) shall be increased in accordance with the scale

listed hereunder for each member of th e crew who was nol a cit izen of

Malta in respect o f each period of, o r eac h aggregate of periods

amounting to, thirty days during which such member of the crew was

engaged on the ship in the year immediately pre<:eding the yur in

respect of which the fee is due

Crew members

Ratepercrew

member

for each of the first 30 me mbers ... .... .. .......

100 ce nts

for each member in excess of 3O bUI nOI in

excess of 100 .......... .. . .. . ...................

SOce nl$

for e very member in excess o f 100 ............ ..

ZOcenl$

8 . In respect o f fishing boats wholly owned by ci liuns o f Malta

who arc whole-time gai nfully occupied fishermen

Fee on first regi stration ........ .... ..... . ........ . IO ccnls periOD

Annual fee ........... ....... "" ....................... Soentsperlon .

C. The fee on fin! registration and tne annual fee in respect of any

ship shall be rounded upwards to the f'lCarest whole lira.

D.

For the purposes of this Schedule.

'"fishing boat" shall have the meaning assigned to it in

section 206(7) o f1ne Merdlant Shipping Aa , 1973; and

~«m H meallS a unit of f'lCI or register tonnage . and the net or

register IOnnage of a ship having alternative nct or register lonnage

shall be taken 10 be the largertonnage.".

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