PART 4
REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF SHIPS AND PROPRIETARY INTERESTS IN SHIPS
Registration of Saint Lucian ships
12. Qualifications for owning a Saint Lucian ship
(1) Subject to sections 12A, 14 and 15, a ship shall not be registered in Saint Lucia under this Act unless the ship is owned wholly by persons qualified to own a Saint Lucian ship, namely—
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(a) a citizen of Saint Lucia;
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(b) any person who under the Immigration Act is deemed to belong to Saint Lucia;
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(c) a citizen of a CARICOM State residing in a member State of the Caribbean Community, where the ship is customarily engaged in international voyages;
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(d) any individual or corporation in bona fide joint venture shipping enterprise relationships with citizens of Saint Lucia, as may be prescribed;
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(e) any body corporate established under and subject to the laws of Saint Lucia and having its principal place of business in Saint Lucia;
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(f) such other persons as the Minister may by order made by statutory instrument determine subject to negative resolution of the House of Assembly and the Senate.
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(Amended by Act 14 of 2016)
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(2) For the purposes of this section a body corporate means a body corporate the majority of shareholders of which are citizens of Saint Lucia.