Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 84P

84P. (1) The Registrar-General may, under such conditions as he may deem fit to impose, give his consent referred to in arti cle 84O if - (a) the ship is registered as a Maltese ship under Part II of this Act; (b) the bareboat charter registry where the ship is to be registered is a comp atible registry; and (c) the following documents are submitted to him: (i) an application for bare boat charter registration in a foreign registry made by the owners containing such informat ion as may be required by the Registrar-General; (ii) the consent in writing to such registration of all registered mortgagees, if any; (iii) a written undertaking by the owners to surrender the certificate of registry issued under this Act within thirty days from entry into the bareboat charter registry; (iv) a written undertaking by the charterer that the Maltese flag shall not be hoisted during the period of bareboat char ter registration; and (v) a copy of the bareboat charter, and such consent shall be valid for a period not exceeding the duration of the bareboat charter or for a period not exceeding two years, whichever is the shorter period, and, in any case, such consent shall lapse on the expiry of the registry of the ship u nder Part II of this Act unless this has been extended as provided f or in that same Part of this Act. (2) At the request of the owner or his authorised agent the Registrar-General may extend a nd further extend his consent referred to in article 84O for the remaining period of the char ter or until the expiry of the registration of the ship under Part II of this Act, whichever is the shorter period, but in no case for period s exceeding two years at a time. 56 CAP. 234.] MERCHANT SHIPPING (3) The owners shall produce to the registrar any amendments or modifications to the bareboat charter within thirty days of such amendments or modifica tions being effected. Name of ship bareboat charter registered in a foreign registry. Amended by: L.N. 210 of 2016.