31Alterations to ships

31 Alterations to ships

(1) The prescribed manner, for the purposes of subsection 65 (1) of the Act, for the giving of notice of an alteration to a ship is the lodging with the person referred to in whichever of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of that subsection is applicable of a notice in writing that:

(a) specifies:

(i) the name and official number of the ship; and

(ii) the nature of the alteration;

(b) is duly signed by the registered agent of the ship; and

(c) is accompanied by:

(i) a builder’s certificate in accordance with subregulation (2) in relation to the alteration of the ship;

(ii) where, by reason of the alteration of the ship, the tonnage certificate (if any) applicable to the ship immediately before the making of the alteration is no longer correct in every particular or the ship has become a ship to which subsection 16 (1) of the Act applies, the tonnage certificate (if any) in force in relation to the ship as altered; and

(iii) the registration certificate, or provisional registration certificate, applicable in respect of the ship.

(2) Subject to subregulation (3), a builder’s certificate in relation to the alteration of a ship must be duly signed by the builder, or, where the alteration relates only to the engines of the ship, by the installer who undertook the alteration of the ship and must specify:

(a) the name and registered number of the ship;

(b) the date of completion of the alteration of the ship;

(c) the place at which the alteration of the ship was undertaken;

(d) the name and address of the builder or installer who undertook the alteration of the ship;

(e) the name and address of the person for whom the alteration of the ship was undertaken;

(f) particulars of the prescribed characteristics of the ship as altered; and

(g) the gross tonnage and net tonnage of the ship as altered, estimated by the builder or installer who did the alterations if:

(i) the particulars on the tonnage certificate for the ship are no longer correct as a result of the alterations or because of subsection 16 (1) of the Act applies to the ship; and

(ii) a tonnage certificate is not in force in relation to the ship as altered.

(3) Where the alteration of a ship has been carried out in stages by more than one builder or, where the alteration relates only to the engines of the ship, by more than one installer:

(a) a builder’s certificate in relation to the alteration of the ship may consist of several documents in accordance with subregulation (2), each of which relates to one or more of those stages; and