Section 20: Removal from register.

(1) The Registrar may, subject to service of notice, terminate a ship’s registration in the followingcircumstances— a) on application by the owner; b) on the ship being destroyed by shipwreck, demolition, fire, sinking or in any other manner; c) if taken into account any requirements of this Act (including any regulations made under it) relating to the condition of the ship or its equipment so far as relevant to its safety or any risk of pollution or to the safety, health and welfare of persons employed or engaged in any capacity on board the ship, he considers that it would be inappropriate for the ship to remain registered; d) when a registered fishing vessel which has been licensed to fish ceases to be so licensed for a continuous period of six months or more; e) when a fishing vessel which requires a license to fish but at the time of registration did not have such a license and has not acquired such a license within six months of the issue of its certificate of registration; f) when a penalty imposed on the owner of the ship in respect of a contravention of any provision of this Act has remained unpaid for a period of more than three months and no appeal against that penalty is pending; g) when any summons for any such contravention has been duly served on the owner of a ship, but the owner has failed to appear at the time or place appointed for the trial of the information or complaint in question and a period of not less than three months has elapsed since that time. (2) When the Registrar terminates registration under paragraph (a) or (b) he shall— a) forthwith issue a closure transcript to the owner of the ship, and b) notify any mortgagees of the closure of the registration; (3) On receipt of the closure transcript, the owner shall immediately surrender the ship’s certificate of registry for cancellation.