The Legal Team hailing from the Republic of Port Ember hereby submits our draft for a new proposed Resolution.
The esteemed Ambassadors are hereby invited to comment upon the proposed legislation, in an attempt to ensure its legality.
Notification Table
Notification 01: 25 November 2020: The First Draft of the proposal, titled "Naval Vessel Registration Act" was submitted to the World Assembly Debating Chambers, to open the legislation to comment.
Notification 02: 26 November 2020: The Second Draft of the proposal, titled "Maritime Vessel Registration Act" was submitted to the World Assembly Debating Chambers, to open the legislation to further comment.
Please pay heed to the changes which was enacted:
- The title of the Act changed to "Maritime Vessel Registration Act" (from "Naval Vessel Registration Act").
- Updated Definition "a" from "Vessel" to "Merchant Vessel".
- Added Definition "f" - "Naval Vessel".
- Added Article 1; Paragraph 3; Sub Paragraph e.
Notification 03: 02 December 2020:
Edited Article 2, Paragraph 1 to read:
"1. Mandates that no Merchant Vessel may travel within international waters, which is not registered on any compliant nation's Ship Registration Register, if:..." (The added word is indicated in bold.
Notification 04: 02 December 2020: The Third Draft of the proposal, titled "Maritime Vessel Registration Act" was submitted to the World Assembly Debating Chambers, to open the legislation to further comment.
Please note that several gramatical and structural changes was enacted, however no legal changes were made.
Notification 05: 05 December 2020: The Fourth Draft of the proposal, titled "Maritime Vessel Registration Act" was submitted to the World Assembly Debating Chambers, to open the legislation to further comment.
Notification 06: 11 December 2020: The Fifth Draft of the proposal, titled "Maritime Vessel Registration Act" was submitted to the World Assembly Debating Chambers, to open the legislation to further comment.
Notification 07: 22 December 2020: The Draft entered the Last Call Stage - preparing for submission.
Notification 08: 29 January 2021: The 6th draft edition have been released, following a series of gramatical improvements. Note this draft remains in the Last Call format - and I plan to submit this very soon.
Notification 09: 12 February 2021: The planned date for submission os now 01 March 2021, if no inputs/challenges arises.
Notification 10: 07 March 2021: The Proposal has been submitted, awaiting Delegate votes.
Drafts Table
Draft 6Maritime Vessel Registration Act
A resolution to enact uniform standards that protect workers, consumers, and the general public.
Category: Regulation
Area of Effect: Transportation
Proposed by: Port Ember
The World Assembly
Acknowledging that international waters are widely traveled for many purposes and fulfill a vital economic service;
Noting that extant laws regulate health & safety, security, communication, markings & signals, inspections, and labor concerns, which apply to member state vessels;
Concerned that no extant laws in existence compels a vessel to be registered under the jurisdiction of any nation, allowing nations to bypass those laws;
Believing that international uniform standards will serve to protect public interest, mariner safety and safeguard commerce;
Hereby,
- Defines a "vessel" as a non military craft designed to travel on or below the water surface and which employs a paid crew, for the purposes of this legislation.
- Member states must establish and maintain a ship register, which must serve to document and license any merchant vessel who wishes to travel within international waters.
- Member states may establish their own registration requirements and prerequisites.
- Member states must consider vessels registered to their state as under their jurisdiction, and must ensure that crews of registered vessels adhere to all applicable regulations.
- Specifies that;
- A vessel may be registered on any member nation's Ship Register, whether the owner of the vessel is a citizen of said nation or not, with the authority of the registering nation, and upon the completion of the registration process by both parties;
- Members must not register a vessel currently registered with another state unless currently transferring the vessel to a new jurisdiction.
- Member states must apply jurisdiction for the purposes of civil liability over any unregistered ship that is:
- Owned, entirely or in major part, by a person or entity domiciled within their jurisdiction, or
- Captained or substantially controlled by a person domiciled within their jurisdiction.
- Non compliance to this Act is to be treated as a criminal offence by member nations.
- Member states must impound any vessel violating this act until the vessel complies or the owner pays outstanding fines or penalties.
- Member states must extradite any foreign crewmembers of an impounded ship per extant World Assembly law.
- Member states may not construe anything in this resolution to apply to military vessels.