Section 32, The Merchant Shipping Act, 2003

(1) An application for renewal of registration shall be in the prescribed form and shall be accompanied by—a) a declaration of eligibility; and b) a declaration that there have been no changes to any registered details of the ship that have been notified to the Registrar. (2) Where no application for renewal is made. The Registrar shall notify each and every mortgagee of the expiration of the ship’s registration. Change in registered particulars of ships 33. (1) Where there is a change— a) in the registered particulars of a ship other than a change in the tonnage of the ship; or b) in the name or address of the owner entered in the Register (not being a change of ownership), application shall be made as soon as practicable to the Registrar for the change to be recorded in the Register. (2) An application for the registration of any change under subsection (1) shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by the certificate of registry and such evidence as to the change as may be required by the Registrar. (3) On recording the change in the registered particulars, the Registrar shall cancel the existing certificate and issue to the owner a new certificate of registry expiring on the same date as the existing one.