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Di-Pertuan hereby makes the following rules:-
These Rules may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Rules,
Citation and 1984 and shall be deemed to have come into force on 1st. September, commencement.
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Merchant Shipping (Fees) Rules, 1984 is Brunei Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation S46 1984, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1984.
MERCHANT SHIPPING ENACTMENT, 1982
Merchant Shipping (Fees) Rules, 1984 31st. DECEMBER, 1984
Opening note
Di-Pertuan hereby makes the following rules:-
These Rules may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Rules,
Citation and 1984 and shall be deemed to have come into force on 1st. September, commencement.
Fees shall be payable in accordance with the provisions contained
Schedule.
in the Schedule to these Rules.
THE SCHEDULE
SHIPS' SIDE AND OTHER FITTINGS IN CONNECTION WITH THE HULL
STRUCTURE
A fee of $60 shall be charged for the examination of designs of fit-tings proposed to be accepted as standard in connection with the sub-division or structural arrangements of ships. The fee for the survey of approved fittings intended for ships not under survey for survey for passenger certificate or load line assignment shall be $60 for each 15
completed fittings or part of 15 surveyed.
This fee includes the testing of the materials. If a certificate of survey is required an additional fee of $30 shall be charged whether the vessel is or is not under survey for load line or passenger cer-tificate.
A further fee of $10 shall be charged if a duplicate certificate is re-quired.
The fees in the following table shall be charged for surveys and in-spections other than those included in the survey for passenger cer-tificate, made at the request, and for the convenience of shipowners, shipbuilders, engine-builders, boiler-makers and steel-makers.
The certificates shall be issued by the Surveyor-General Ships and not by the Surveyors who made the inspection.
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Survey for Boilers, Machinery, etc ·of Ships.
Survey of marine engine having 1,000 circular inches or under cylinder area, or of turbines 1,000 shaft h.p. or
Fee
$
under 260
For every additional 1,000 circular inches or 750 shaft h.p. or part thereof 85
Survey of one superheater for a single·e1,1ded boiler 85
For every additional superheater for single-ended boiler in the same ship (a double-ended boiler is to be count-ed as two single-ended boilers)
70
Approval of design of a new boiler 115
Survey, during building of a new boiler 145
Survey of mountings of one marine boiler 85
For every additional similar set 45
Approval of design of an air receiver 30
Survey of an air receiver 30
Survey of one evaporator 70
Survey of one feed heater 45
Survey of one feed filter 45
Survey of one distiller 45
Survey of one water circulator 45
For every additional evaporator; feed heater, feed filter, distiller or water circulator 45
Survey of an installation for burning oil fuel $110 + $65
for first boiler minimum $175 175
For every additional boiler (a double-ended boiler is to be counted as two single-ended boilers)
60
Survey of double-bottom tanks or other tanks forming part of the vessel's structure and intended for the storage of oil fuel
··
175
Survey during construction of heaters and filters for use in connection with oil fuel installation. For each item inspected 20 472
If the heaters and filters are eventually installed in a ves-sel under survey for passenger certificate the fee is to be regarded as part of the survey fee.
Survey of one or two watertight bulkhead doors if tested 31st. DECEMBER, 1984
Fee
$
at the same time 30
For every additional visit for doors included in the same order 30
Survey of one or two safety valves 30
For every additional similar safety valve included in the same order 10
Testing deck flares and lifebuoy lights submitted by makers for approval 60
Special certificate or certifying letter for an engine, boiler, distiller or evaporator, etc., or for an engine, evaporator, etc., for the same vessel, if in the latter case only one certificate is required 45
Duplicate copy of certificate 10
Survey in connection with a coal trimmers' escape holes, for not more than two visits 60
For each subsequent visit 30
Test and Inspection of Steel Material and Wood
Substitutes
Witnessing tests of steel or iron plates or bars, 15 plates or bars or portion thereof, tested 60
Witnessing tests of steel or iron plates and bars included in one and the same order and made at the same works, 15 plates and bars in the aggregate, or portion thereof, tested 60
Witnessing special bending tests of a set of plates, etc.
(i.e. tests additional to those usually required) for 15
plates or portion thereof, tested 60
Witnessing tests of steel forgings for an engine when all the forgings are made by the same maker, and not more than two visits by the Surveyor are required for 15 forgings, or portion thereof, tested 60 473
For each additional visit beyond two made by the
Surveyor in connection with the tests or forgings,
Fee
$
plates, bars, etc.
30
Inspection and tests of one or two steel furnaces 60
For each additional furnace included in the same order...
30
Inspection and tests of one or two steel forgings, or steel castings for stem, sternpost, rudder, etc., if made by the same maker 60
For each additional forging, or casting as the case may be, by the same maker, included in the same order 30
Witnessing tests of materials of solid drawn steam pipes, f(Jr each 15 test pieces or portion of 15 test pieces
For each 30, or portion of 30 pipes tested by hydraulic 60
pressure 60
Inspection of wrought iron steam pipes including hydraulic test : for each 15, or portion of 15, pipes inspected 60
Inspection and tests of boiler tubes subject to external pressure, for which a certificate is required :-
Lapwelded iron tubes and lapwelded or solid drawn steel tubes for which a stress greater than that allowed for iron is not required, for the first 100 or part of 100 tubes 60
For each succeeding 100, or part of 100 tubes 45
Lapwelded or solid drawn steel tubes for which a stress greater than that allowed for iron is required, for the first 100, or part of 100 tubes 85
For each succeeding 100, or part of 100 tubes 60
Inspection and tests of boiler tubes subject to internal pressure for which a certificate is required. For each 15 or portion of 15 tested for tensile strength and ductility 60
For each 90 or portion of 90 tubes tested by hydraulic pressure 45 474
Inspection test and stamping of superheater headers for stock:-
For each 15 or portion of 15 tubes tested for tensile 31st. DECEMBER, 1984
Fee
$
strength and by bending, in one order 60
For each 50 tubes or portion of 50 tubes stamped, in one order 60
For each visit beyond two made in connection with the order 30
Inspection of finished manhole doors and compensating rings:-
For the first 15, or portion of 15, inspected at the same time 60
For each additional 15, or portion of 15, included in the same order and inspected at the same time 30
Inspection of plates after flanging or working, for each 15, or portion of 15, inspected at the same time 60
Certified copy of the results of tests or certificate of inspection 45
The fees for witnessing tests of plates, bars, forgings, etc.
cover one order only and separate fees must be paid for each order, although the plates, bars, etc., for different orders may be tested at one time.
Amended copy of a certificate when incorrect parti-culars have been supplied 10
Certificate of . inspection of propeller shafts and of hydraulic tests of boilers, steam pipes, etc., previously made 45
Testing bronze propeller blades for ships not under sur-vey for passenger certificate, when all the castings are made by the same maker for the same ship and not more than two visits by the Surveyor are required, for 4 or fewer castings tested 60
For each additional visit beyond two made by the Surve-yor in connection. with the testing of propeller blades 30
Testing composition intended for sheathing ships' deck inplace of wood, for each test 115 475
Testing and examining chemical fire extinguishers either when first submitted for approval, or when re-sub-Fee
$
mitted after alterations 60
For the first visit 60
For each subsequent visit 35
In cases where application for the inspection of the marking of a ship is made by the owner or his agent, a fee of $30 shall be charged.
This fee covers the number of visits required for the inspection of marking, but does not include any other service.
No charge shall be made for the inspection of marking on change of name of ship, or if the ship is being measured for registry or re-registry and the fees for tonnage measurement have been paid.
Whenever Surveyors are called upon to perform services out of of-fice hours and on Sundays and official holidays, application shall be made by the owners or their agents to the Registrar of Ships. The ap-plication shall include an undertaking to pay the overtime charges.
Overtime shall be charged as follows:-
Week days-
8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
$30 per hour.
6 a.m. to 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
$60 per hour.
Before 6 a.m. and after 8 p.m.
$80 per hour.
Sundays and holidays -
Between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m.
$80 per hour.
A service occupying less than an hour shall be charged for as one hour.
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For services exceeding one hour, a quarter fee shall be charged for every quarter or part quarter of one hour, but for a service ex-ceeding ten hours in any one case, the charge shall be limited to that for ten hours.
When a ship is finally detained or when it appears that a ship pro-visionally detained was at the time of that detention an unsafe ship, the following survey fees shall be charged, viz :-
If the ship is detained on account of overloading, improper loading, unsufficient ventilation of coal cargoes, undermanning or defective equipments, such as chronometers or charts, the fee shall be that prescribed by the scale in paragraph Z(a).
If the ship is detained on account of defective hull or machinery, the fee shall be that prescribed by the scale in paragraph Z(b).
The scale of fees fixed by the Minister for cases in which survey is made by direction of a court upon the complaint of the crew of a ship, shall be as follows :-
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If the Surveyor is one of the Surveyors of Ships appointed under section 11 of the Enactment, the following shall be the fees-Gross Tonnage of Ships
Under 500 tons 500 tons and under 750 tons 750 tons and under 1,000 tons
For every additional 500 tons
Amount of Fees
$
145 175
zoo 30
(hri .- If the Surveyor is a person appointed for the purpose by the
Court under section 133 of the Enactment, the fees shall be as follows-Gross Tonnage of Ships
Under 500 tons 500 tons and under 750 tons 750 tons and under 1,000 tons
For every additional 500 tons
The fees do not include any other services whatever.
Amount of Fees
$
175 230 290 60
When a Surveyor is directed to survey a ship for seaworthiness, with a view to change of her name, fees shall be charged in accor-dance with the scale prescribed in paragraph 2(b) of Part V.
The fee for authorising the change of name of a Brunei registered vessel shall be as follows :-
For a steamship holding a passenger certificate
For a ship not holding a passenger certificate
Fee
$
85 45
This fee shall be charged in all cases without reference to the descrip-tion or employment of the ship, and covers the inspection of marking the change of name on the loadline, Suez and Panama Canal cer-tificates, and in the case of steamers holding passenger certificates, showing the new name and any alterations in the ownership and port of registry.
HAS BEEN CLOSED ON ACCOUNT OF WRECK, ETC.
The fee payable for the survey and certificate, shall be the same as that prescribed in paragraph 2(b) of Part V.
In the case of hulks and lighters and sailing barges which do not go to sea the fee shall be $60.
The fees of $175 shall be charged in cases of survey before transfer to a foreign flag.
FEES IN RESPECT OF PASSENGER SHIPS' CERTIFICATES
Tons (Gross)
Not exceeding 50
Exceeding 50 and not exceeding 100
Fee
$
130 240 478
Fee
$
Exceeding 100 and not exceeding 300 360
Exceeding 300 and not exceeding 600 450
For every additional 300 tons or part of 300 tons up to a total tonnage of 21,000 tons, an additional 90
For every additional 300 tons or part of 300 tons exceeding a total tonnage of 21,000 tons and not exceeding a total tonnage of 39,000 tons, an addi-
~al w
For every additional 300 tons or part of 300 tons 479
exceeding a total tonnage of 39,000 tons 30
The following rules shall be observed in the circulation of fees :-
Where a certificate for less than twelve months is required, the fee shall be in proportion to the period of the certificate, at the rate of one-twelfth of the full fees for each month or part of a month, but in no case shall less than three-twelfths of a twelve months' fee be paid.
The full twelve months' fee shall be paid for the survey of a new ship or a ship coming under survey for a passenger certificate for the first time, even though a certificate for twelve months may not be required.
In any case in which the duration of the certificate has been limited by the Surveyor's declaration, owing to special reasons rendering one or more further surveys necessary within the ensuing twelve months the total fee paid for cer-tificates covering a period of twelve consecutive months shall not exceed that payable for a twelve months' cer-tificate.
The fee paid in accordance with the foregoing regulations covers any number of visits that a surveyor may require to make before granting his declaration, and it includes the survey of the hull, the boilers and propelling machinery, and the inspection of the equipments of the vessel, in-cluding the lights and sound signals.
The fee for the inspection of drawings, consideration of sub-division plans and flooding calculations of new passenger ships and passenger ships which have not previously been surveyed in Singapore, shall be one-half of that specified for a passenger ship's certificate, with a max-imum of $1,000. When the construction of the vessel is commenced, the balance of the full fee for passenger cer-NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE tificate shall be paid, and no declaration shall be issued by the Surveyors until this has been done.
When a ship is surveyed during construction as for a passenger certificate, and the survey is to be completed with the exception of certain details, and a "Certificate Let-ter" is applied for, the appropriate fee for a passenger ship's certificate shall be charged.
When it is necessary to survey and to issue a passenger and safety certificate to a ship which already has a passenger and safety certificate in force issued by another administra-tion which has ratified the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, the fee shall be one-third of the appropriate fee in respect of a passenger certificate.
An additional fee of $100 is charged when the Radio in-stallation on a ship is surveyed.
If while a passenger and/or safety certificate is in force the owner wishes to make alterations to the accommodation or life saving appliances in order to increase or decrease the number of passengers and/or crew, and after such altera-tion the ship complies with the Enactment and rules made thereunder, a fresh declaration and passenger and/or safety certificate may be issued upon payment of a fee of $115.
Such passenger and/or safety certificate shall expire on the same date as the original certificate or before that date. The original certificate shall be delivered when application for a new certificate under this rule is made.
FEES FOR SHIPS' BOTIOM CERTIFICATES
Survey of ships in dry-dock to include Bottom Certificate in duplicate $115, with an additonal charge of $45 for every visit of the
Surveyor after his first visit to the ship. This fee applies only to ships holding passenger certificates issued by the Government or cer-tificates accepted by the Government as equivalent thereto. In other cases the fee for survey in dry-dock is the same as that charged for three months passenger certificate plus $20 for each propeller shaft drawn for examination.
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For every visit to the ship at the request of the owner, agent or master and for each visit when the lights and
Fee
$
sound and fog signals are found to be defective 30
Provided that the aggregate amount of fees for any such inspection shall not whatever may be the number of separate visits, exceed 60
For inspection of life saving appliances on a ship on or before first registry or re-registry, a fee of $85 for ships under 500 tons gross and $145 for ships of 500 tons gross and over shall be charged including issue of certificate.
For subsequent inspection of life saving appliances at the request of the owner, master or agent, or in the case of a ship found to have defective or deficient life saving ap-pliances, a fee of $60 shall be charged, including the issue of the certificate.
For inspection during construction of boats, buoyant ap-paratus or other life saving appliances intended to form part of the Statutory life saving appliances of a ship in-cluding issue of certificate -
Each life-boat 20 feet in length and under
Each life-boat over 20 feet in length
Each motor-life boat of any length
Fee
$
35 60 145
For each life-boat which is required to undergo extensive repairs the same fee shall be chargeable.
For inspection, during construction, of each buoyant ap-paratus or life raft a fee of $6 shall be charged, with a minimum fee of $20.
For the inspection and stamping of new or recovered life jackets at maker's works, a fee of $12 shall be charged for each hundred or fraction of a hundred.
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STANDARD FEES
Under 100 tons 100 tons and under 300 "
500 "
1,000 "
1,500 "
2,000 "
2,500 "
3,000 "
4,000 "
5,000 "
6,000 "
7,000 "
8,000 "
9,000 "
10,000 " and above 300tons 500 "
1,000 "
1,500 "
2,000 "
2,500 "
3,000 "
4,000 "
5,000 "
6,000 "
7,000 "
8,000 "
9,000 "
10,000 "
CLASSED SHIPS
UNCLASSED SHIPS
FEES
FEES
Issue of
Renewal of
Annual
Issue of
Renewal of
Annual
Certificate
Certificate
Survey
Certificate
Certificate
Survey 90 40 40 380 380 60 150 40 40 500 500 60 200 70 70 690 690 90 240 80 80 930 930 130 310 110 110 1,200 1,200 160 350 120 120 1,380 1,380 190 390 130 130 1,570 1,570 190 430 150 150 1,750 1,750 220 450 160 160 1,940 1,940 250 510 160 160 2,130 2,130 250 550 160 160 2,310 2,310 250 590 170 170 2,500 2,500 250 620 170 170 2,690 2,690 250 640 170 170 2,880 2,880 250 660 190 190 3,070 3,070 250 660 190 190
and for every additional 1,000 tons add $190
Annual Survey carried through in one operation -
For every annual survey of any ship over 300 tons
(classed or inclassed) which is carried through in one opera-tion there shall be paid -
in addition, a single fee of $60 if for the purposes of the survey, more than one visit is paid to the ship by the
Surveyor.
Annual Survey not carried through on one operation -
For every annual survey of any ship (classed or unclass-ed) which is not carried through in one operation there shall be paid -
in addition, a fee of $60 for every partial annual survey of a ship under 300 tons ;
for any ship of over 300 tons, in addition, a single fee of
$60 for every partial annual survey in respect of which, for the purposes of the partial annual survey more than one visit is paid to the ship by the Surveyor and a fee of
$120 for ore than one visit.
Renewal survey carried out concurrently with a special survey for classification purposes -
In the case if the survey of a classed ship for renewal of the Load Line Certificate, the fee in column 2 shall be paid if the renewal is carried out concurrently with a special survey for classification purposes, for which a fee is charg-ed. Otherwise the fee will be 50 per cent of that in column 1.
Issue or renewal survey carried out concurrently with a survey for Brunei Government Passenger or Passenger and
Safety Certificate -
Where the survey for the issue or renewal of a Load
Line Certificate is carried out by a Brunei Government
Surveyor concurrently with that for a Passenger or
Passenger and Safety Certificate and the ship is -
Annual survey carried out concurrenty with survey for
Brunei Government Passenger or Passenger and Safety
Certificate -
Where the annual load line survey is made by a
Brunei Government Surveyor at the same time as the survey for the issue of a Passanger or Passenger and Safe-ty Certificate, no fee will be charged under column 3 or column 6.
Survey where minor alterations have been made to a ship-Where minor alterations have been made to a ship having a Load Line Certificate in force, which involve an alteration of the freeboard but do not require a full survey, the fee in column 2 shall be paid whether the ship be classed or unclassed.
Partial survey for issue of a short term certificate -
Where for special reasons a partial survey is made and a certificate is issued or renewed for a period not ex-ceeding twelve months one-half of the standard fee ap-propriate to a full survey shall be paid.
FEES FOR MEASUREMENT OF SHIPS UNDER THE TONNAGE
ADMEASUREMENT RULES
Measurement Measurement
Various
Tons Gross under under
Measurements
Rule I
Rule II
$
$
$
50 tons and under 85 45 20
Over 50 tons and not ex-ceeding 100 tons 115 60 25
For each additional 100 tons or part of 100 tons above 100 tons up to 20,000 tons 15 10 4
For each additional 100 tons or part of 100 tons above 20,000 tons 10 6 4
The following rules shall be observed in the calculation of fees under this Part :-
When a ship previously measured under rule II is re-measured under rule I, the full fee is scale (a) is chargeable, without any deduction for measurement rule II.
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485 31st. DECEMBER, 1984
The fees for re-measurement in consequence of alterations on the upper deck or in the engine room are shown in column (c) above.
The maximum fee in respect of each item is $145.
In cases of application for the issue or amendment of a "Suez
Canal" or "Panama Canal" Special Tonnage Certificate, a fee of two-fifths of the full tonnage fee is to be charged for each cer-tificate. Certified copies of Suez Canal or Panama Canal cer-tificates are issued on payment of $15 each copy.
In cases where it is desired by the owner of a ship details of the tonnage calculations may be supplied to him on payment of a fee of $15 per sheet with a minimum fee of $60.
The fee for each visit to the ship shall not exceed thirty-five dollars.
The aggregate amount of the fees for any such inspection shall not exceed sixty dollars, whatever be the number of separate visits.
When the accommodation is inspected at the same time with the measurement of the tonnage no separate fee shall be charged for the inspection.
On Initial Registry.
An initial registration fee of Brunei two dollars and fifty cents per net ton and an annual tonnage tax of twenty cents per ton shall be payable in respect of every Brunei
Ship. Provided that for any ship of less than five hun-dred net tons the registration fee and the annual ton-nage tax shall be equal to that required for a ship of five hundred net tons.
All unpaid fees and tonnage taxes due to the registrar shall constitute a Maritime lien on the ship, subject only to lien for wages and salaries.
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Transfer and Mortgage.
On transfer, transmission, registry anew, transfer of registry, mortgage and transfer of mortgage:-
According to the gross tonnage represented by the ships transferred, etc (e.g. the transfer of a 1164 share in a ship 6,400 tons to be reckoned as the transfer of 100 tons.)
Under 10 tons 10 tons and under 20 tons 20 tons and under 30 tons 30 tons and under 40 tons 40 tons and under 50 tons 50 tons and under 75 tons 75 tons and under 100 tons 100 tons and under 125 tons
Fee
$
1 2 4 5 6 7 9 10
and a further fee of $1 for every additional 50 tons, or part of 50
tons up to 500 tons after which $1 for every 100 tons, or part of 100 tons.
Miscellaneous.
Fee
$
For every bill of sale
(if made in the office)
10
For a certified copy of the particulars entered by the registrar in the register book on the registry of a ship together with a certified statement showing the ownership of the ship at the time being 4
For a certified copy of any declaration or document, a copy of which is made evi-dence by the Merchant Shipping Acts 4
For each inspection of the register book 1
In cases where the Minister decided to allow a survey to be made abroad by a Surveyor of Ships in addition to the usual surveys fees and all the Surveyor's expenses incurred in this connection, a charge of
$230 will be made for every 24 hours or during which the Surveyor is absent from the Port at which he is stationed.
All fees and a deposit to cover the additional charges must be paid into the Treasury in advance and an undertaking given for the pay-ment of any balance of fees and expenses connected with the service.
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SURVEYOR'S EXPENSES
The Surveyors expenses shall include all travelling expenses ac-tually and necessarily paid out of pocket for travelling, insurance and taxation, and all board and lodging expenses.
Made this 12th. day of December, 1984.
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PENGIRAN BAHRIN
(Pengiran Laila Kanun Diraja),
Minister of Communications,
Brunei Darussalam.
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