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Appoint or change a representative person

The appointment of a representative person applies to ships in Part A of the Register of Ships. A representative must be appointed where the owner does not reside in New Zealand or the owner does not have a registered office in New Zealand.

A representative person must be a New Zealand resident. The representative person appointed by the ships’ owner may:

• give Maritime New Zealand’s Registrar of Ships any document or other information that the owner would be required to produce to the registrar
• receive any documents that need to be passed on to the owner, relating to proceedings for any offence.

A ship owner must notify the Registrar of Ships that they have appointed a representative person, and provide:

• the name and address of the representative person – when they apply for the ship to be registered
• any change in the identity, or address, of the representative person. They need to do this within 14 days after any such change occurs.
• a completed Appointment/change of Representative Person (form SR1)
• a fee of NZ$102.00.

Appointment/change of Representative Person (form SR1) [PDF: 105KB, 3 pages]