Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations (No. 2A of 2006), 2005.

These Regulations lay down procedures and principles for the registration of Jamaican and foreign ships. These Regulations shall apply to any vessel used in navigation in accordance with Section 2 of the Principal Act, except for bareboat chartered ship for the purposes of Parts IV and V of these Regulations. To this end, these Regulations set forth provisions on the application for registration; allocation of official number; marking and inspection of marks; registration and refusal of application; issuance of Certificate of Registry; eligibility of transfer or transmission of a registered ship; changes in ownership or registered particulars of ship; remarking of ship and registration with new name to the Registry; terms and conditions for the registration of bareboat chartered ship under the name of charterer; and offences and penalties.