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Rules & Regulations

Merchant Shipping

  • Merchant Shipping Act No. 52 of 1971
  • Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act No. 36 of 1988
  • Merchant Shipping (Official Log Book) Regulations (167/5-1975)
  • Merchant Shipping (Amendment) ACT, No.52 of 1971
  • Merchant Shipping (Amendment) ACT, No. 17 OF 2019

           

Shipping Agency Law

  • Licensing of Shipping Agents Act No. 10 of 1972
  • Licensing of Shipping Agents (Amendment) Act No. 9 of 1981
  • Licensing of Shipping Agents (Amendment) Act No. 16 of 1982
  • Shipping Agents (Licensing) Regulations (684/9-1991)
  • Shipping Agents (Amendment) (Licensing) Regulations (1992)
  • Shipping Agents (Amendment) (Licensing) Regulations (No.763/8-1993)
  • Shipping Agents (Amendment) (Licensing) Regulations (No.905/13-1996)
  • Regulations under Exchange Control Act (Shipping Agencies, Freight Forwarding & Coastal Shipping) (No.721/4-1992)
  • Shipping Agency – Exchange Control Tariff 1996
  • Licensing of Shipping Agents (Amendment) Act No. 18 of 2002
  • Shipping Agents Regulations (Amendment-Licencing) (Fees)
  • Freight Forwarders,Non Vessel Operating Common Carriers and Container Operators Regulations ( No.1717/6-02nd August,2011)

         

 Licensing of Shipping Agent Act Nop10 of 1972

 

Regulation

 Gazette Number

Date of

Download

01

Shipping Agent (Licensing) Regulation, 1991

684/9

1991.10.17

sinhala

English

02

Shipping Agent (Licensing) Regulation

724/9

1992.07.23

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03

Shipping Agent (Licensing) Regulation

763/8

1993.04.21

 Sinhala
 English

04

Freight Forwarders, Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (Licensing) Regulations, 2005

1402/19

2005.07.22

 English

05

Freight Forwarders, Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (Licensing) Regulations, 2014

1877/26

2014.08.28

          English
          Sinhala
          Tamil

06

The Licensing of Shipping Agents, Freight Forwarders, Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier and Container Operators Regulations

2069/38

2018.05.04

  English

  Sinhala

   Tamil

06

Amendment to the Licensing of Shipping Agents, Freight Forwarders, Non- Vessel Operating Common Carriers and Container Operators Act, No. 10 of 1972

2287/24

2022.07.07

  English

  Sinhala

  Tamil

 

07

Amendment to the Shipping Agents (Licensing) Regulations (Fees Regulations)

2313/38

2023.01.04

   English 

   Sinhala

   Tamil

08

Amendment to the Licensing of Shipping Agents, Freight Forwarders and Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers (Licensing) Regulations (Fees Regulations)

2313/38

2023.01.04

          English 

  Sinhala

   Tamil

  

09

Amendment to the 'The Container Operators' Regulations 2005 (Fees Regulations)

2313/38

2023.01.04

         English 

  Sinhala

   Tamil

10

The Licensing of Shipping Agents, Freight Forwarders, Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier and Container Operators (Structure of Charges) Regulations -

2334/26

2023.05.31

  English

  Sinhala

  Tamil

 

 

Admiralty Jurisdiction

  • Admiralty Jurisdiction Act No. 40 of 1983

Marine Pollution Prevention

  • Marine Pollution Prevention Act, No.35 of 2008

Safety of Maritime Navigation (Piracy)

  • Safety of Maritime Navigation (Piracy)
  • Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation Act, No. 42 of 2000
  • Piracy Act, No. 9 of 2001

Carriage of Goods by Sea

  • Carriage of Goods by Sea Act No. 21 of 1982
  • Hague Visby Rules/Rotterdam Rules

Port State Control

  • Procedures for Port State Control
  • Comparison of Procedures for Port State Control under IMO
  • Indian Ocean MOU
    Website: www.iomou.org.

 

CODES

1.SCV CODE

 

 

 

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