15Provisional certificates for ships becoming entitled to be registered when abroad

15 Provisional certificates for ships becoming entitled to be registered when abroad

(1) A provisional registration certificate granted under subsection 22 (1) or (6), or subsection 22A (1), (2) or (6) of the Act must be in accordance with:

(2) Subject to subregulation (3), a provisional registration certificate must not be granted by a proper officer under subsection 22 (1) of the Act or by the Registrar under subsection 22A (1) or (2) of the Act in relation to a ship unless:

(a) there is lodged with the proper officer or the Registrar, as the case requires, an application in writing duly signed by the owner or the master of the ship specifying:

(i) the existing name (if any) of the ship;

(ii) where the ship is unnamed, the builder’s identification of the ship;

(iii) the proposed name of the ship;

(iv) the proposed home port of the ship;

(v) the call sign (if any) of the ship;

(vi) the name and address of the builder of the ship;

(vii) the year of completion of the ship;

(viii) particulars of the prescribed characteristics of the ship;

(ix) if the ship is a ship to which subsection 16 (1) of the Act applies and a tonnage certificate is not in force in relation to the ship:

(A) an estimate of the gross tonnage of the ship;

(B) an estimate of the net tonnage of the ship; and

(C) the identity of the person by whom those estimates were made;

(x) particulars of any previous registration of the ship;

(xi) in relation to each person to whom the ship belongs:

(A) the name, address and nationality of the person; and

(B) the extent of the interest of the person in the ship;

(xii) if the application is in respect of a ship the registration of which under the Act depends upon its being a ship on demise charter to an Australian‑based operator:

(A) the name, address and nationality of each charterer under the charterparty; and

(B) the extent of the interest of each charterer in the demise charter of the ship;

(xiii) the date and manner of acquisition of the ship by the present owner;

(xiv) the name, address and description of each of the persons from whom the ship was acquired;

(xv) details of any application, being an application for the registration of the ship under section 15 of the Act, that has been lodged in accordance with regulation 7; and

(xvi) in relation to each person authorized by the owner to be, at any time during the currency of the provisional registration certificate, the master of the ship: