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.
Drafts Table
Draft 5Maritime 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;
Accepting that extant laws regulate health & safety, security, communication, markings & signals, inspections, and labor concerns, which apply to member state vessels;
Concerned however, that no extant laws in existence compels a vessel to be registered under the jurisdiction of any nation, allowing these to bypass extant laws relating to matters mentioned above;
Believing that establishing 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, 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 Nations have the right to establish its own list of requirements for vessels to adhere to, prior to the registration of the applying vessel.
- Vessels appearing on a nation's registry are under that nation's jurisdiction. Member states must ensure registered crews and vessels adhere to all relevant 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;
- Any one vessel may only be registered on one nation's Ship Register at a time;
- A vessel may change its registration from one nation's Ship Register to another, with the consent of the new registering nation.
- Unregistered vessels may not travel in international waters if:
- The vessel in question is owned by a entity based within a member nation, or;
- The vessel in question is captained or under control of a citizen of a member nation.
- Non compliance to this Act is to be treated as a criminal offence by member nations.
- Vessels in contravention of this Act are to be impounded, alongside its cargo.
- The impounded vessel and its cargo is only to be released upon the payment of a fine by the owning entity.
- If a vessel is impounded by a nation foreign to the involved crewmembers, the government in question is to adhere to existing extradition legislation.
- Vessels belonging to the official Armed Services of a member nation are exempted from this Act.