Cap. 234 Art. 84XTermination of bareboat charter registration in foreign registry. 

(1) The Registrar-General may withdraw the consent referred to in article 84O, if any of the applicable provisions of this

Act are not complied with:

Provided that the Registrar-General shall withdraw such consent, if -

(a) the Minister, in the national interest or in the interest of Maltese shipping, has ordered the Registrar-General to withdraw his consent;

(b) any of the conditions required to be fulfilled in terms of sub-article (1) of article 84P is not so fulfilled; or

(c) the charter terminates or is terminated by any of the parties to it.

(2) Upon the withdrawal of the consent of the Registrar-General in terms of sub-article (1) -

(a) the registrar shall inform the appropriate authorities of the bareboat charter registry, the owners, the charterers, and the mortgagees, if any, of such withdrawal; and

(b) the bareboat charter registration shall be terminated.

(3) Upon the termination of the bareboat charter registration -

(a) the registrar shall make an entry thereof in the register, and the ship shall thereupon be again subject to all the provisions of Maltese law;

(b) within thirty days from the termination of such registration the owners shall make and deliver a declaration to the registrar that the certificate of bareboat charter registration has been surrendered to the foreign bareboat charter registry, and thereupon the registrar, unless the registry of the ship under Part II of this Act is also being closed, shall again deliver to the owners the certificate of registry which had been surrendered to him in terms of article 84S; and

(c) within thirty days from the termination of such registration the owners shall deliver to the registrar a transcript or an extract of register showing that the bareboat charter registration has been cancelled.