Merchant Shipping Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Survey and Safety
100. Powers of Authority to make regulations
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The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Part.
Without limiting subsection (1), the Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations providing for —
the standards of construction and equipment of ships including the provision of lifesaving and firefighting appliances and radio installations;
the standards of accommodation and recreational facilities for crew and passengers;
the tonnage measurement of ships;
the determination of the load lines;
the loading and carriage of goods, including dangerous goods;
the carriage of livestock;
the safety of navigation;
the prevention of collisions at sea (called in this Act the collision regulations);
the safety, health and welfare of persons employed on ships;
the manner and frequency of the survey or inspection and the issue, suspension, cancellation, extension and period of the validity of certificates or exemption certificates; and
the recognition of certificates or exemption certificates issued by or under the authority of the government of any other country for the purposes of section 99.
The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, in the regulations make provisions to give effect to the provisions of any international convention or agreement concerning or relating to ships, ships’ safety, ships’ equipment, property or goods carried in ships or persons employed on ships and to which Singapore is a party.
Convention
“Convention” means the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976, as amended by the Protocol of 1996 to Amend the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims and set out in the First Schedule;
The owner and the master of any ship to which section 99 applies must comply with any regulations made under this section and must ensure that the ship and its equipment and in respect of any matter that is governed by the regulations comply with any such regulations before the ship goes to sea and at all times when the ship is at sea, unless otherwise provided in this Act.
owner
“owner”, in relation to goods, means every person who is for the time being entitled, either as owner or agent for the owner, to the possession of the goods, subject in the case of a lien (if any) to that lien;
Any owner or master who contravenes subsection (4) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 and the ship may be detained.
master
“master” includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of any ship;