Section 12
{1)
of Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations, 2006
For the purposes of section 7 of the Order, the owner or bareboat charterer shall -
(a} appoint a person satisfying the requirements specified in sub-regulation (3) to be the representative person in relation to the ship.
The appointment shall be in the prescribed form as specified in the Second
Schedule; and
(2)
The Registrar shall enter the name, identity and address of the representative person appointed in the register.
(3)
The representative person shall be
(a)
a qualified person and the owner or part owner of the ship; or
(cJ resident in Brunei Darussalam.
(4)
The owner or bareboat charterer shall, in the event of any change of identity, address or contact numbers of the representative person appointed, notify the Registrar for the changes to be entered in the register, within 30 days after the change occurs and if he fails to do so without reasonable cause, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
(5)
A representative person appointed under sub-regulation (1) shall, in the event that he ceases in the business of managing or acting as agent for ships, give notice in writing of that event to the Registrar and the owner or bareboat charterer within 30 days after the occurrence thereof and if he fails to do so without reasonable cause, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
(6)
A representative person appointed under sub-regulation (1) who intends to cease acting as the representative person shall give notice in writing of his intention to the owner or bareboat charterer of the ship and deposit with the
Registrar a declaration that he has given such notice. Such notice shall have effect in accordance with regulation 13.
2145
Notice to replace representative person.