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SHIPPING REGISTRATION AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 16, 1984 - SECT 14
14. After section 37 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Endorsement of registration certificates
''37A. (1) Where a ship or a share in a ship is transferred to a person by a
bill of sale or transmitted to a person by any other lawful means, the
registration certificate relating to that ship shall be made available to that
person, at the time of the transfer or transmission, unless the ship is not at
an Australian port at that time.
''(2) Where a registration certificate is made available in accordance with
sub-section (1), the person to whom the ship or share is being transferred or
transmitted shall furnish that certificate to the Registrar with the other
documents and evidence required to be furnished under sub-section 36 (2) or 37
(1).
''(3) Where, under section 36 or 37, the Registrar enters a change in the
ownership of a ship or of a share in a ship in the Register in respect of
which he has not been furnished with the registration certificate under
sub-section (2), he shall, by notice in writing sent to the registered agent,
require the registered agent, within such period as is specified in the
notice, to arrange for the certificate to be produced to him or to a proper
officer.
''(4) Where a notice is sent to the registered agent of a ship in pursuance of
sub-section (3), the agent shall comply with the requirement of the notice.
''(5) Where, upon a transfer or transmission of a ship or a share in a ship,
the registration certificate for that ship is produced to the Registrar under
sub-section (2) or to the Registrar or a proper officer in pursuance of a
notice issued under sub-section (3), the Registrar or proper officer shall-
(a) endorse the registration certificate with the particulars of change of
ownership of the ship or share; and
(b) cause the endorsed certificate to be returned to the registered agent
of the ship or to such other person as the registered agent directs.
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