New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 29 November 2010
| Public Act | 1992 No 89 |
| Date of assent | 1 October 1992 |
| Commencement | see section 1 |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Transport.
1 Short Title and commencement
4 Ships on demise charter to New Zealand-based operators
5 Application of Act to Crown, etc
Part 1
Ships required or entitled to be registered
6 Requirement to register certain New Zealand-owned ships and pleasure vessels
8 Entitlement to register certain New Zealand-owned ships and other ships
9 Foreign-registered ships not registrable under this Act
10 Liabilities of ships not registered
11 Certain unregistered ships not to leave New Zealand
12 Applications for registration
13 Declaration of ownership and nationality
14 Evidence required before registration
15 Tonnage measurement of ship required before registration
16 Power to disallow proposed name and to allow change of name
17 Appeals from decisions under section 16
18 Application for reservation of name
19 Ship to be marked before registration
20 Entry of particulars in Part A of Register
21 Entry of particulars in Part B of Register
22 Registration of property in ships
23 Grant of certificates of registry and registration
24 Particulars of master to be endorsed on certificate of registry of ship leaving New Zealand
27 Grant of provisional certificate of registry or registration
28 Duration of provisional certificates of registry or registration
Alterations to ships, changes in ownership, etc, to be notified to Registrar
31 Change of name or address or nationality of owner or mortgagee
33 Rights of mortgagees where ship ceases to be registrable
Part 3
Transfers, transmissions, and mortgages of ships
35 Transfer of ships and shares in ships
36 Transmission of ship or share in ship by operation of law
37 Declarations of transfer and transmission
38 Certificate of registry to be endorsed where change in ownership
39 Mortgage of ship or share in ship
41 Alteration of terms of mortgage by endorsement
42 Variation of priority of mortgages
44 Transmission of mortgage by operation of law
45 Discharge, waiver, or extinction of mortgage
General matters relating to ownership, mortgages, and other interests
46 Powers of disposal by owner
47 Mortgage not to change ownership
48 Mortgagee to have power of disposal
51 Caveat forbidding registration of certain instruments
53 Procedure for removal of caveat
55 No dealing to be registered while caveat in force
56 Compensation for lodging caveat without reasonable cause
Part 4
Nationality and national colours
57 Certain ships to have New Zealand nationality
58 National colours and other flags
58A Flags authorised under prerogative
59 Declaration of ship's nationality before Customs clearance
60 Improperly assuming or concealing New Zealand nationality
64 Protection of Registrar and Deputies
65 New Zealand Register of Ships
66 Power to appoint suitable organisation to maintain any Part of Register
Corrections and rectification of Register
67 Correction of clerical errors
68 Power to give directions in respect of obsolete or incorrect entries
69 High Court may direct rectification of Register
Part 6
Miscellaneous provisions
70 Priority of securities or charges in respect of foreign ships
73 Protection of officers in respect of seizure or detention
75 Making false documents, etc
76 Liability of directors and officers of bodies corporate
77 Offences to be punishable on summary conviction
80 Admissibility of documents in evidence
81 Evidence relating to transmissions
82 Power of Registrar to dispense with declarations and other evidence, etc
83 Mode of making declarations
84 Power to prescribe or approve forms
85 Power to appoint or recognise persons as proper officers
85A Delegation of Minister's functions and powers to Director
86 Delegation of Director's powers
90 Ships registered in New Zealand under previous law deemed registered under this Act
91 Verification of particulars in registers kept under previous law
92 Applications under previous law
93 Transfer of foreign registered ships
An Act to provide for the registration of ships in New Zealand and related matters
