Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1994 · Updated to 1 Jun 2015 · Part VI · Miscellaneous
29. Power to make regulations
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
The Minister may from time to time make such regulations as may be necessary or expedient for giving full effect to the provisions of this Act.
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for merchant shipping;
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations may be made—
to prescribe the amount of fees to be paid on an application for the issue of a certificate;
to prescribe the form of the certificate to be issued and the validity period of such certificate;
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to provide for the cancellation and delivery up of a certificate issued in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations;
to provide that certificates in respect of ships registered in any, or any specified, country which is not a Liability
Convention country shall, in such circumstances as may be specified in the regulations, be recognized for the purposes of paragraph 11(3)(c) if issued by or under the authority of the government of the country designated in the regulations in that behalf; and the country that may be so designated may be either or both of the following, that is to say—
the country in which the ship is registered; and
any country specified in the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph;
to provide for the conversion of the special drawing rights referred to in this Act into the amount of money expressed in
Ringgit Malaysia;
to provide for any other matter which is required by any provisions of this Act to be provided for by regulations.
If a person required by regulations under paragraph (2)(c) to deliver up a certificate fails to do so, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit.
person
“person” means any individual or partnership or any public or private body, whether corporate or not, including a State or any of its constituent subdivisions;
Terms defined in s 2
Liability Convention country
Defined · s 2“Liability Convention country” means a country in respect of which the Liability Convention is in force;
Minister
Defined · s 2“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for merchant shipping;
person
Defined · s 2“person” means any individual or partnership or any public or private body, whether corporate or not, including a State or any of its constituent subdivisions;