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Shipping Licence Amendment Act 1988

COOK ISLANDS

SHIPPING LICENCE AMENDMENT ACT 1988

ANALYSIS

Title

1. Short Title
2. Minister to approve certain ships
3. Exemptions

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1988, No. 7

An Act to amend the Shipping Licence Ordinance 1963

(26 June 1988

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:

1. Short Title - This Art may be cited as the Shipping Licence Amendment Act 1988 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Shipping Licence Ordinance 1963 (hereinafter referred to as "the Ordinance").

2. Minister to approve certain ships - Section 10A of the ordinance (as inserted by the Shipping Licence Amendment Act 1986) is amended by deleting subsection (1), and substituting the following new subsection,-

"(1) No ship shall,-

(a) Ply for the purpose of the carriage of cargo between-

(i) any port in New Zealand and any port in the Cook Islands, whether directly or indirectly; or

(ii) any port in the Cook Islands and any port in New Zealand, whether directly or indirectly; or

(b) Uplift cargo-

(i) originating from New Zealand and destined for the Cook Islands and trans-shipped via an intermediate port; or

(ii) originating from the Cook Islands and destined for New Zealand and trans-shipped via all intermediate port,

without the prior approval of the Minister in writing."

3. Exemptions - Suction 10A is further amended by inserting after subsection (5), the following new subsection,-

"(6) The Minister may by writing under his hand exempt any ship from all or any of the provisions of this section. Such exemption may be granted in respect of a particular ship or a particular type of cargo, in respect of a single voyage and may be granted upon such terms and conditions as the Minister thinks fit."

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This Act is administered in the Department of Trade, Labour and Transport.