LAWS OF TUVALU

MERCHANT SHIPPING (AMENDMENT NO.2) ACT 2004

(Act 2 of 2004)

I assent 

Rev. Filoimea Telito MBE 

GOVERNOR-GENERAL 

AN ACT to amend the Merchant Shipping Act 1991 to make provIsIOns for the registration of foreign vessels and connected purposes, 

ENACTED by the Parliament of Tuvalu –

1. Short Title 

This Act may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Act (Amendment No.2) Act 2004 

2. Commencement 

This Act shall come into force on such date as the Minister may appoint by notice. 

3. Amendment of section 8 of Cap 64A 

Section 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1987 as amended by the Merchant Shipping 
Act 1991 is hereby amended by-

(1) inserting the following new paragraph "(d)" of subsection (2) "(d) is owned by such other person or any legal entity having the legal capacity to own a vessel as the Minister may, by regulation prescribe, " and 

4. Amendment of section 141 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1987 

Section 141 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1987 is amended by inserting the following new subsection (8) after subsection (7) 

"(8) The Regulations made under section 8 (2) (d) may make provision for and in 
relation to –

(i) the extent of the ownership of a ship or class of ships eligible to be registered under this Act; and 

(ii) the proper administration and management of the registration of ships owned by any person other than a citizen of Tuvalu; and 

(iii) the appointment of a person or a corporation not registered in Tuvalu, to administer the registration of foreign ships".