Section 52: Application of Act to bareboat charter ships

52. Application of Act to bareboat charter ships (1) This Act shall apply to a bareboat charter ship subject to the modifications set out in subsection (2). (2) (a) Sections 13 (a) to (e), 18, 19 (3), 26 (1) (c) and 30 to 46 shall not apply to a bareboat charter ship. (b) Any act or thing required to be done or not done under this Act by an owner of a ship shall be required to be done or not done by the charterer, and— (i) the charterer shall be liable for doing or omitting to do such act or thing as if he were the owner of the ship; and (ii) a reference to “owner” in this Act shall, in the case of a bareboat charter ship, be deemed to be a reference to “charterer”. (c) Instead of the particulars referred to in section 19 (1), the following particulars shall be entered in the Register in respect of a bareboat charter ship— (i) the name of the charterer; (ii) the name and address of the owner; (iii) the name and address of any person who has been granted a mortgage of the ship or a share in it and such particulars of the mortgage as the Registrar may request; and (iv) the previous name, if any, of the ship. (d) The declaration required under section 19 (5) shall be replaced by a statement that the ship is subject to a bareboat charter. (e) A bareboat charter ship shall not be required to be surveyed for the purpose of ascertaining the tonnage of the ship under section 20 if there is in force in respect of the ship an International Tonnage Certificate. (f) The Registrar shall retain in his possession, in addition to the surveyor’s certificate issued under section 20, the certified copy of the bareboat charter.