Emergency Decree Amending the Thai Vessels Act, B.E. 2481 (1938), B.E. 2561 (2018)”.

This Emergency Decree amends the Thai Vessels Act, B.E. 2481 (1938).
Some provisions shall be added as Chapter VI/I Fishing Vessels. In applying for registration of a Thai vessel in the category of a fishing vessel, the applicant shall, in addition to compliance with the provisions on registration of Thai vessels, have obtained a certificate in support of the submission of the application to the Vessel Registrar. In applying for a change of the type of a fishing vessel or an aquatic animal transshipment vessel, applying for a change of details of a fishing vessel or an aquatic animal transshipment vessel or machinery thereof and applying for a transfer of ownership of a fishing vessel or an aquatic animal transshipment vessel, the owner or possessor thereof shall submit an application to the Vessels Registrar. In the case where it is necessary to control the number of vessels used for fishing in the interest of preventing or suppressing unlawful fishing under the law on fisheries or where a notification has been received from the Department of Fisheries that issuance of fishing licences is discontinued or where the number of vessels used for fishing exceeds that prescribed by the National Fishery Policy Commission, the Minister shall have the power to issue a Notification for discontinuing registration of fishing vessels pro tempore for each period not exceeding two years.