Merchant Shipping Exemption Order 1961

boats forming part of the equipment of any ship; and

ships which are of less than eighteen feet in length not used for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward.

Exemptions for small ships.

the provisions of Chapter 18, Part IV and Chapter 28 of the Ordinance;

the provisions of subsection (2) of section 247 of the Ordinance so long as the ship is owned by a person or body corporate ordinarily resident in North Borneo, Sarawak or Brunei;

any subsidiary legislation applied under section 278 of the Ordinance except –

the Merchant Shipping (Implementation of Conventions Relating to Carriage of Goods by Sea and to

Liability of Shipowners and Others) Regulations, 1960;

the Merchant Shipping (Marine Courts) Regulations, 1961; and

in the case of a North Borneo ship which does not proceed outside areas 1 to 6 as defined in the Merchant

Shipping (Classification of Coastal Trade Ships) Regulations, 1961 [G.N. No. S 33 of 1961], from the provisions of section 19 of the Ordinance requiring an agreement with the crew;

in the case of a British ship registered in North Borneo trading direct between any open port in North

Borneo and any territory abutting on the extended coastal trade limits, from the provisions of the Ordinance and subsidiary legislation relating to foreign trade ships if such ship complies with the provisions thereof relating to coastal trade ships classified for full coastal trade limits;

in the case of any ship not registered as a British ship and not licensed as a North Borneo licensed ship trading direct between any one port in North Borneo and any territory abutting in the extended coastal trading limits, from the requirement in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 3 of the Ordinance that the ship be provided with a certificate of foreign registry or other document similar or equivalent to that required in the case of a British ship.

Exemption for official logs.