C4
[Subsidiary]
Painting of licence numbers
and other
particulars on vessel.
Licences to be transferable only in certain circumstances.
Discretion to cancel licence.
CAP. 313] Shipping and Port Control (Dwelling
Vessels) Regulations
(a) on the licence free of charge; and
[1987 Ed.
(b) in the register maintained by him under regulation 5.
(3) Any person who, without reasonable cause, contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
7. (1) The licence number endorsed on the licence issued in respect of a dwelling vessel and such other particulars of the licence as the Director shall specify shall be painted on every licensed dwelling vessel.
(2) The painting of the licence number and other particulars on a licensed dwelling vessel under this regulation shall be done in such manner and place as the Director shall specify and only by persons authorized by the Director.
(3) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, damages, obliterates or defaces any number or particulars painted on a dwelling vessel in accordance with paragraph (1) and any licensee who contravenes paragraph (2) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
8. (1) A licence shall not be transferable to any other person except in accordance with paragraph (2) or (3).
(2) On the death of a licensee, the surviving spouse, parent or parent-in-law, or eldest child over the age of 16 years, of the deceased licensee, in that order, who was dwelling on the vessel at the time that the licence was first issued in respect of the vessel may apply to the Director for the transfer to him of the licence, and the Director may, if he is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to the transfer, transfer the licence to the applicant.
(3) Where the persons dwelling on a licensed dwelling vessel comprise members of more than one family and the licensee and members of his family cease to dwell on the vessel, a person, other than the licensee or a member of his family, who was dwelling on the vessel at the time that the licence was first issued in respect of the vessel and who is nominated in that behalf by the family or families continuing to dwell thereon, may apply to the Director for the transfer to him of the licence and the Director may, if he is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to the transfer, transfer the licence to the applicant.
(4) Where there is no person permitted to make application for the transfer of a licence under paragraph (2) or (3) the licence shall lapse.
9. The Director may, without prejudice to regulation 13, cancel
any licence for a contravention of any condition endorsed on
a licence or of any of these regulations.