Cap. 234 Art. 84CEligibility and conditions for bareboat charter registration. 

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in article 4, a ship not eligible in terms of the said article to be registered as a

Maltese ship shall be eligible to be registered as a Maltese ship under this Part of this Act provided that -

(a) the ship is bareboat chartered to a citizen of Malta, or to bodies corporate or such other persons qualified to own a Maltese ship in terms of article 4;

(b) the ship is not a Maltese ship, and is registered in a compatible registry;

(c) is not registered in another bareboat charter registry; and

(d) the following certified documents are submitted to the registrar to his satisfaction:

(i) an application for registry under this Part of this Act made by the charterer or his authorised agent containing such information as may be required by the registrar;

(ii) a declaration of bareboat charter made by the charterer accompanied by a copy of the charter agreement, which charter agreement shall not be available for public inspection;

(iii) a transcript or an extract of the underlying registration of the ship which shall include a description of the ship, the owners and, where applicable, all registered mortgages and encumbrances of the ship, and such document shall be available for public inspection; and

(iv) the consent in writing for the ship to be bareboat charter registered in Malta of:

(a) the appropriate authorities of the underlying registry who may be further required by the registrar to declare that during the period of bareboat charter registration the ship will not be entitled to fly their flag;

(b) the owners of the ship; and

(c) all registered mortgagees.

(2) Any amendments or modifications to the bareboat charter shall within thirty days be produced to the registrar by the charterer.

(3) Whenever any amendments or modifications are effected to the underlying registration the charterer shall -

(a) within seven days from such amendments being effected communicate to the registrar any such amendments or modifications; and

(b) within thirty days of such amendments or modifications having been entered in the underlying register produce to the registrar a transcript or an extract of the underlying registration showing such amendments or modifications.