DECREE
No.23/2001/ND-CP OF MAY 30, 2001 AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING A NUMBER OF
ARTICLES OF THE REGULATION OF THE REGULATION ON THE REGISTRATION OF
SEA-GOING SHIPS AND CREW MEMBERS, ISSUED TOGETHER WITH THE GOVERNMENT’ S
DECREE No.91/CP OF AUGUST 23, 1997
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant
to the Law on Organization of the Government of September 30, 1992;
Pursuant
to the Vietnam Maritime Code of June 30, 1990;
At
proposal of the Minister of Communications and Transport,
DECREES:
Article 1:
To amend and
supplement a number of articles of the Regulation on the Registration of
Sea-going Ships and Crew Members, issued together with the Government’ s
Decree No. 91/CP of August 23, 1997 as follows:
1. Article 10a is supplemented as follows:
“Article 10a
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The regional
agencies registering sea-going ships and crew members shall grant the
temporary certificates of the registration of sea-going ships to the
following cases:
a)
When
registering the used sea-going ships purchased from foreign countries
for use, but the vessel owners have not yet obtained the certificate of
payment of registration fee, or when buying the newly built ships of
foreign countries but the ship owners have not yet obtained the
certificates of payment of registration fee as prescribed in Article 10
of the Regulation on the Registration of Sea-going Ships and Crew
Members, issued together with the Government’ s Decree No. 91/CP of
August 23, 1997.
b)
When
registering the newly-built sea-going ships in Vietnam for test run of
ships to the place of official registration, the ship owners must submit
the copies of the following papers to the regional sea-going ship and
crew member registries:
-The
shipbuilding contract or the contract on the transfer of the ownership
over the ships.
-Technical
safety dossier of ships granted by the Registry.
-The permit for
using the ship radio granted by the Post office.
2. The temporary
certificates of sea-going ship registration granted to ship owners,
which shall be valid for 90 days only”
2. Clause 2, Article 24 is amended as follows:
“2.
Depending on technical
properties of ships and the requirements on specialized qualifications
and experience of crew members and in order to ensure the operation
safety for each type of sea-going ship, the Minister of Aquatic
Resources (according to Article 4 of the Regulation on the Registration
of Sea-going Ships and Crew Members, issued together with the
Government’ s Decree No. 91/CP of August 23, 1997) shall specify the
quantity and titles of crew members being foreign citizens allowed to
work aboard Vietnamese ships and crews members being Vietnamese citizens
allowed to work aboard foreign sea-going ships”.
Article 2:
This Decree takes
effect 15 days after its signing.
Article 3:
The ministers, the
heads of the ministerial-level agencies, the heads of the agencies
attached to the Government and the presidents of the People’ s
Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities shall have
implement this Decree.
On behalf of the Government
Prime Minister
PHAN VAN KHAI |