Section 30
{1)
of Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations, 2006
A Brunei Darussalam ship may be chartered out on bareboat charter terms and registered outside Brunei Darussalam in the name of the bareboat charterer, and its registry as a Brunei Darussalam ship may be suspended during the charter period.
(2)
An application for the suspension of the registry of a Brunei Darussalam ship shall be made in such form and manner as the Registrar may determine by the owner or by some other person on his behalf and submitted together with -
fa} a certified copy of the charter party showing -
(i)
the name of the ship;
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(ii)
the name of the charterer and the name of the owner of the ship;
(iii)
the date of the charter party; and
(iv)
the charter period;
{b)
a certified transcript of the register or similar document showing the bareboat charter registry of the ship; and
{c)
the Brunei Darussalam certificate of registry of the ship.
(3)
The Registrar may, if satisfied of the matters mentioned in sub-regulation (2) and upon payment of the prescribed fee, enter in the register -
.
{a) the date of the suspension of the registry of the ship in Brunei
Darussalam;
{b)
the name of the bareboat charterer;
{c)
the port and country of registry of the ship in the name of the bareboat charterer;
{d)
the date of termination of the suspension referred to in paragraph fa); and
{e)
such other details as the Registrar considers necessary.
(4)
The Registrar may, upon application by the owner of the ship, allow the documents specified in paragraphs {b) and {c) of sub-regulation (2) to be submitted within a period not exceeding 60 days from the date of suspension of the registry of the ship in Brunei Darussalam.
Registrar under sub-regulation (4), the suspension shall be terminated and cease to have effect and the Registrar shall make an entry thereof in the register.
Extension of expiry date of suspension of Brunei Darussalam registry.