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PART V - General Matters 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. SCHEDULE 1 Appointment of Directors SCHEDULE 2 Transfer of property, rights and liabilities Maritime Authority Law MARITIME AUTHORITY LAW (2013 Revision) ENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands. PART I - Introductory\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_1\", \"num\": \"1.\", \"text\": \"Short tile 1. This Law may be cited as the Maritime Authority Law (2013 Revision).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_2\", \"num\": \"2.\", \"text\": \"Definitions 2. In this Law \u2014 \u201cAuthority\u201d means the Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands established under section 3; \u201cBoard\u201d means the board of directors of the Authority as constituted under section 4; \u201cCayman Islands ship\u201d means a ship registered in the Islands under the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision); \u201cCayman Islands Shipping Registry\u201d means the Shipping Registry established under the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision); \u201cchairman\u201d means the chairman of the Board; \u201cChief Executive Officer\u201d means the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority appointed under section 9; \u201cdirector\u201d means a member of the Board appointed under section 4; Maritime Authority Law \u201cGovernor\u201d means the Governor in Cabinet; \u201cMinister\u201d means the member of Cabinet for the time being charged with responsibility for merchant shipping in accordance with section 9 of the Constitution; \u201cnon-coercive revenue\u201d means any revenue not categorized as coercive revenue under the Financial Regulations (2013 Revision); \u201cport state control\u201d means the inspection of ships, other than Cayman Islands ships, whilst they are in Cayman waters, in accordance with the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations, 2003; \u201cproperty\u201d includes \u2014 (a) money, goods, things in action, land and every description of property, whether real or personal; and (b) obligations, easements and every description of estate, interest and profit, present or future, vested or contingent, arising out of or incident to property as defined in paragraph (a); \u201cpublic officer\u201d has the meaning assigned to that expression in the Constitution; \u201cship\u201d includes every description of vessel used in navigation; and \u201cship registration services\u201d includes the registration of ships, tonnage measurement and surveys and certification related to the registration process. PART II - Establishment, Structure and Functions of Maritime Authority\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_3\", \"num\": \"3.\", \"text\": \"Establishment and incorporation of Authority 3. (1) There is established in accordance with this Law a body corporate called the Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands, having perpetual succession and a common seal and being capable in its corporate name, of entering into contracts, of suing and being sued and of acquiring, holding, mortgaging, leasing and disposing of all kinds of property, movable or immovable. (2) The Authority shall establish and maintain its head office and principal place of business in the Islands and shall cause details thereof to be published in the Gazette, and service of all documents on the Authority shall be deemed to be effective if delivered at the head office. (3) Where expedient, the Authority may establish and maintain branch offices outside the Islands. Maritime Authority Law (4) The Authority shall have exclusive right to use the names \u201cMaritime Authority of the Cayman Islands\u201d, \u201cCayman Islands Shipping Registry\u201d and \u201cCayman Islands Yacht Registry\u201d. (5) It shall be within the capacity of the Authority as a statutory corporation to carry on any activity and enter into such transactions as appear to it to be requisite, convenient or conducive to, or for the discharge of, any of its functions under this Law.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_4\", \"num\": \"4.\", \"text\": \"Board of Directors of Authority 4. (1) There shall be a board of directors of the Authority, which, subject to this Law, shall be responsible for the governance and performance of the Authority and the general conduct of its affairs and business, having regard to the Public Management and Finance Law (2013 Revision). (2) The Board shall consist of seven directors appointed by the Governor in accordance with Schedule 1, which Schedule shall have effect with respect to the Board.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_5\", \"num\": \"5.\", \"text\": \"Advisers and secretary to Board 5. (1) The Board may appoint a legal adviser or such other adviser whom the Board considers necessary for the discharge of its functions under this Law for such period and on such terms and conditions of employment as the Board considers fit. (2) The Board shall appoint for such period and on such terms and conditions of employment as the Board considers fit, a person not being a director, to be the secretary of the Authority, and the appointee shall be present at all meetings and shall take minutes of the business transacted, which minutes shall record all decisions, resolutions, orders, policies and rules made by the Board.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_6\", \"num\": \"6.\", \"text\": \"Functions and powers of Authority 6. (1) It shall be the function of the Authority to administer and enforce all matters for which the Minister is responsible under the laws in force in the Islands relating to merchant shipping and seamen and to promote the proper development of ship registration, survey and related services. (2) For the purposes of carrying out its functions, the Authority may \u2014 (a) engage such officers and consultants as it considers necessary, on such terms and conditions as it considers appropriate, subject to the requirements of applicable law of the Islands; (b) provide an advisory service and disseminate information and guidance on matters relating to ship registration, maritime regulatory requirements and maritime legislation in the Islands; Maritime Authority Law (c) make such charges, as the Authority may determine, for the provision of its services under this subsection; and (d) borrow money and otherwise raise capital in accordance with this Law. (3) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) the Authority shall \u2014 (a) provide shipping registration services, and maintain a register of ships; (b) provide maritime regulatory services, including \u2014 (i) survey and inspection services for all ships on the register; (ii) documentation and certification services for all ships on the register and all crew serving on those ships; (iii) monitoring in respect of all ships on the register to ensure compliance with applicable requirements of international conventions relating to shipping which have been extended to the Islands, together with related instruments and codes; (iv) issuance, in appropriate circumstances, of exemptions and dispensations from the requirements referred to in subparagraph (iii); (v) port state control; (vi) investigations into marine casualties; (vii) detention of unsafe or unseaworthy ships; (viii) preparation of cases for prosecution of offences committed under Cayman Islands shipping laws and regulations; (ix) maritime search and rescue in co-ordination with other relevant Government departments and bodies; (x) issuance of shipping notices disseminating advice and information to the shipping industry; and (xi) international relations within the maritime sector including cooperation with regional agreements on port state control; (c) promote the development of the Islands as an international shipping centre including, but not limited to \u2014 (i) onshore ship operations and activities; (ii) shipping dispute resolution and other maritime services; (iii) international ship finance; and (iv) the growth and utilisation of the Admiralty jurisdiction of the Grand Court; (d) provide advice to the Minister on maritime policy, legislative requirements and economic issues pertaining to the activities in this section and with respect to maritime administration in the Islands; Maritime Authority Law (e) represent the Islands at international fora related to maritime affairs; and (f) discharge such other functions as are for the time being conferred on it by virtue of this Law or any other law.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_7\", \"num\": \"7.\", \"text\": \"Minister may give general directions 7. (1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Board, give in written form general and lawful directions on matters of policy and the Board shall give effect to such directions. (2) Any such direction given by the Minister which affects members of the public shall be published in the Gazette.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_8\", \"num\": \"8.\", \"text\": \"Delegation of Board\u2019s powers 8. (1) Subject to this Law, the Authority may delegate to a director, to a committee appointed by the Board or to the Chief Executive Officer such of the Authority\u2019s powers, together with powers that the Board determines are necessary or expedient to enable that director, committee or the Chief Executive Officer to carry out a delegated function as the Authority sees fit, but the Authority\u2019s borrowing powers may not be delegated. (2) Every delegation under this section shall be in writing and shall be revocable by the Authority, but no such delegation shall prevent the Authority from exercising the powers so delegated. PART III - Personnel of Authority\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_9\", \"num\": \"9.\", \"text\": \"Board to appoint Chief Executive Officer 9. (1) The Board shall appoint for such period and on such terms and conditions of employment as it thinks fit, a Chief Executive Officer of the Authority. (2) The Chief Executive Officer shall perform the duties and responsibilities specified in section 11 and shall render his services exclusively to the Authority as a full-time officer of the Authority.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_10\", \"num\": \"10.\", \"text\": \"Appointment of officer 10. (1) There shall be appointed \u2014 (a) an officer known as the Registrar of Shipping who shall exercise such functions as are conferred on him by this Law and by the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision) and keep such records and perform such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer may determine; and (b) an officer known as the Shipping Master who shall exercise the functions conferred on him by this Law and the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Maritime Authority Law Revision) and perform such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer may direct. (2) There may be appointed \u2014 (a) one or more Deputy Registrars of Shipping who may, in the absence of the Registrar of Shipping, act as the Registrar of Shipping for the purposes of this Law and of the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision) and who, when so acting, shall exercise such functions as are conferred on him by this Law or the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision) and keep such records and perform such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer may determine; (b) one or more Assistant Registrars of Shipping who shall carry out, under the direction of the Registrar of Shipping or a Deputy Registrar of Shipping, as the case may be, such functions and duties as the Chief Executive Officer may determine; (c) one or more Deputy Shipping Masters who may, in the absence of the Shipping Master, act as the Shipping Master for the purposes of this Law and of the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision) and who shall carry out such other functions and duties as the Chief Executive Officer may determine; and (d) one or more Assistant Shipping Masters who shall carry out, under the direction of the Shipping Master or a Deputy Shipping Master, as the case may be, such functions and duties as the Chief Executive Officer may determine.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_11\", \"num\": \"11.\", \"text\": \"Responsibilities of Chief Executive Officer 11. (1) The Chief Executive Officer shall be accountable to the Board for \u2014 (a) the day-to-day management of the affairs of the Authority; (b) the recruitment, appointment and management of the following personnel under such terms and conditions as the Chief Executive Officer deems appropriate in accordance with the policies authorised by the Authority and the statutory provisions related to the appointments contained in this Law and in the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision), namely \u2014 (i) the general staff of the Authority; (ii) surveyors and inspectors under section 419 of the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision); and (iii) the Registrar of Shipping, Shipping Master, Deputy Registrars of Shipping, Assistant Registrars of Shipping, Deputy Shipping Masters and Assistant Shipping Masters; Maritime Authority Law (c) the establishment and maintenance of the appropriate executive, management, technical and administrative structure of the Authority, in accordance with policies approved by the Board; (d) the achievement of the outputs and ownership performance of the Authority; (e) public relations and financial management; (f) the carrying out of the functions of the Authority in accordance with the decisions of the Board; and (g) the provision of technical advice and guidance on matters of policy, legislative development needs and strategic planning. (2) In the Chief Executive Officer\u2019s absence or inability to fulfil his functions, the Board may appoint a senior employee of the Authority to discharge the functions of the Chief Executive Officer during the period of his absence or inability. (3) The Authority may arrange with the Chief Officer of the Ministry or Portfolio concerned for the secondment of a public officer to work at the Authority, and any person so seconded shall, in relation to salary, pensions, gratuity or conditions of service, be treated as continuing in the service of the Government. (4) Notwithstanding subsection (3) the cost of employing a public officer seconded to the Authority shall be met by the Authority during the period of the secondment.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_12\", \"num\": \"12.\", \"text\": \"Authority to subscribe to Public Service Pensions Fund 12. (1) The Authority shall subscribe to the Public Service Pensions Fund in accordance with the Public Service Pensions Law (2013 Revision) for the payment of pensions to all employees of the Authority. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) \u2014 (a) where an employee, transferred in accordance with Schedule 2, is entitled to a contracted officer\u2019s supplement, the Authority shall not subscribe to the Fund in respect of such employee during the period in which the employee remains entitled to such supplement; (b) with respect to an employee employed by the Authority after the 1st July, 2005, the Authority has the option of subscribing to the Public Service Pensions Fund or of creating and maintaining, or subscribing to, a fund in accordance with the National Pensions Law (2012 Revision); and (c) the Authority shall not subscribe to a fund in respect of an employee who is employed under a contract which is six months or less in duration. (3) The Authority shall be considered to be an employer for the purposes of the Public Service Pensions Law (2013 Revision) and an employee referred to in Maritime Authority Law subsection (2)(a) shall not be considered to have retired from the Service for the purposes of that Law.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_13\", \"num\": \"13.\", \"text\": \"Applicability of Health Insurance Law (2013 Revision) 13. The Health Insurance Law (2013 Revision) shall apply to the Authority except that \u2014 (a) the Authority may elect to provide free or subsidised medical benefits in lieu of and at least equivalent to, or in addition to, insurance coverage under that Law; and (b) a person referred to in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 shall, unless otherwise notified by the Authority, be entitled to receive from the Authority at least the same medical benefits to which he was entitled on the day preceding his transfer to the Authority. PART IV - Financial Provisions\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_14\", \"num\": \"14.\", \"text\": \"Funds available to Authority 14. (1) The funds available to the Authority for the performance of its functions under this Law shall consist of \u2014 (a) such sums as may be paid by the Governor in Cabinet for outputs purchased by him from the Authority or equity injections or loans to the Authority made by the Governor in Cabinet; (b) such sources of non-coercive revenue as may be available in respect of shipping and maritime services; (c) amounts borrowed by the Authority in accordance with this Law; (d) miscellaneous receipts including interest and returns on investments; (e) amounts charged in respect of fees paid for consulting and other services; and (f) other costs recoverable from the Government relating to casualty and other inquiries and investigations, port state control activities and judicial and administrative proceedings as agreed with the Governor in Cabinet through a purchase agreement with the Authority. (2) The revenue received shall be paid into bank accounts established for the purpose in the name of the Authority and approved by the Board. (3) Subject to this Law, revenue of the Authority, equity invested in the Authority and loans made to the Authority shall be held and applied to furthering the purposes of the Authority in such manner as the Authority may think fit. (4) Where this Part is inconsistent with the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision), this Part shall prevail. Maritime Authority Law\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_15\", \"num\": \"15.\", \"text\": \"Financial year of Authority 15. The financial year of the Authority is the period of twelve months ending on the 30th June in each year.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_16\", \"num\": \"16.\", \"text\": \"Capital and borrowing powers of Authority 16. (1) The initial capitalisation of the Authority shall be established by agreement between the Minister and the Board and shall include sufficient working capital to allow the Authority to operate efficiently. (2) Subject to subsection (3), the Authority may borrow such sums required by it for meeting its obligations and discharging its functions. (3) The power of the Authority to borrow an amount in excess of a cumulative outstanding balance of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars shall be exercisable only with the approval of the Governor, as to the amount, sources of borrowing and terms on which the borrowing may be effected; and approval given in any respect for the purpose of this subsection may be either general or limited to a particular borrowing or otherwise and may be either conditional or subject to conditions. (4) Subject to the Public Management and Finance Law (2013 Revision) and in accordance with a resolution of the Legislative Assembly, the Governor may guarantee the payment of the principal and interest on any authorised borrowings of the Authority.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_17\", \"num\": \"17.\", \"text\": \"Reserve fund 17. (1) The Authority shall maintain a level of cash reserves of an amount agreed with the Governor in the annual ownership agreement prepared in accordance with section 49 of the Public Management and Finance Law (2013 Revision). (2) Subject to subsection (3), the management of the reserve fund, the sums to be carried from time to time on the credit thereof, and the application thereof, shall be as the Authority may determine. (3) Subject to section 18, no part of the reserve fund shall be applied otherwise than for the purposes of the Authority. (4) The Authority may invest its reserve funds and other surplus cash at interest, in cash and bank deposits, including Certificates of Deposit.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_18\", \"num\": \"18.\", \"text\": \"Applicability of Public Management and Finance Law (2013 Revision) 18. (1) The Authority is a statutory authority as defined in section 3 of the Public Management and Finance Law (2013 Revision) and accordingly that Law applies, among other things, to \u2014 (a) the Authority\u2019s expenditure budget for each financial year; and Maritime Authority Law (b) the preparation, maintenance, auditing and publication of the Authority\u2019s accounts. (2) Where the exercise of a power conferred by or under this Law would be inconsistent with the exercise of a power conferred by or under the Public Management and Finance Law (2013 Revision), that Law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, prevail over this Law.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_19\", \"num\": \"19.\", \"text\": \"Payment of dividends by Authority 19. (1) The Governor may, by written notice to the Board direct the Authority to \u2014 (a) pay a dividend to Government for an amount, and at a time, specified in the notice; and (b) provide, at a time and in a manner specified in the notice, such information as is specified in the notice, and the Authority shall comply with the directions. (2) The dividend referred to in subsection (1) shall be calculated by a formula determined by the Financial Secretary after consulting the Governor and the Authority; and such method of calculation shall be so determined before a request for a dividend from the Authority is made by the Governor. (3) Receipts issued under section 14(1)(c) shall not be taken into account in calculating the amount of any dividend payable under this section. PART V - General Matters\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_20\", \"num\": \"20.\", \"text\": \"Immunity and indemnity 20. (1) Neither the Authority, nor a director or employee of the Authority shall be liable in damages for anything done or omitted in the discharge of their respective functions, responsibilities, powers and duties under this Law unless it is shown that the act or omission was in bad faith. (2) The Authority shall indemnify \u2014 (a) every director; (b) every employee; and (c) the secretary of the Authority, appointed under section 5(2), against all claims, damages, costs, charges or expenses incurred by that director, employee or secretary in the discharge of his functions, responsibilities, powers and duties under this Law, except claims, damages, costs, charges or expenses caused by their bad faith; and the Authority may purchase insurance with respect to such indemnification. Maritime Authority Law\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_21\", \"num\": \"21.\", \"text\": \"Confidentiality 21. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who, being a director, officer, employee, agent or adviser of the Authority discloses, without the prior authorisation of the Board, information acquired by him by reason of his office or employment or in exercise of the Authority\u2019s function under or for the purposes of this Law or any other law, which information relates to \u2014 (a) the affairs of the Authority; (b) the affairs of a ship on the register; or (c) the affairs of a registered owner of a Cayman Islands ship, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars and to imprisonment for one year, and on conviction on indictment to a fine of fifty thousand dollars and to imprisonment for three years. (2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to a disclosure \u2014 (a) lawfully required or permitted by a court of competent jurisdiction in the Islands; (b) made for the purpose of assisting the Authority to exercise a function conferred on it by this Law or any other law; (c) made in respect of the affairs of a ship or its owner for which consent has been voluntarily given by the owner; (d) where the information disclosed is or has been available to the public from any other source; (e) where the information disclosed is in a summary or in statistics expressed in a manner that does not enable the identity of the person to whom, or a ship to which, the information relates to be ascertained; or (f) lawfully made to a person entitled to obtain such information under the laws of the Islands.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_22\", \"num\": \"22.\", \"text\": \"Regulations 22. The Governor may make regulations prescribing anything which may be or is required to be prescribed under this Law.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_23\", \"num\": \"23.\", \"text\": \"Policy guidelines and procedures of Authority 23. (1) The Authority may formulate policy guidelines and procedures that it considers necessary or expedient for the purpose of enabling it to carry out its functions under this Law. (2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), the guidelines and procedures may make provision for \u2014 Maritime Authority Law (a) rules of procedure to be followed in the conduct of the meetings of the Board; and (b) the vetting of contracts, leases and other agreements which the Board may contemplate entering into.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_24\", \"num\": \"24.\", \"text\": \"Transitional provisions 24. The transitional provisions set out in Schedule 2 shall have effect. Maritime Authority Law SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 1 APPOINTMENT AND CONSTITUTION OF BOARD Appointment of Directors 1. (1) The Governor shall appoint - (a) two directors who, in his opinion, are persons qualified for appointment as having had experience and shown capacity in financial management or law or who, in his opinion, are persons qualified for appointment as having had experience and shown capacity in matters relating to the Authority\u2019s functions; and (b) five directors who, in his opinion, are persons qualified for appointment as having had experience and shown capacity respectively in national security, international shipping, corporate services or maritime affairs. (2) Prior to appointing a person to be a director, the Governor shall satisfy himself that the person will have no financial or other interest likely to prejudicially affect the exercise of his functions as a director, and the Governor may require a person whom he proposes to appoint to give him such information as he considers necessary for that purpose. (3) The Governor shall appoint one of the two directors appointed under subparagraph (1) (a) as chairman and the other such director as deputy chairman. (4) Neither a member of the Legislative Assembly nor an official member of Cabinet shall be eligible for appointment as a director. 2. The Chief Executive Officer shall be present at each meeting of the Board unless - (a) he has obtained leave of absence from the chairman; (b) he is incapacitated by illness; or (c) he is asked to leave the meeting temporarily so that the Board may discuss, in his absence, matters relating to - (i) the standard of his performance; or (ii) the soundness of his decisions. Tenure of Directors 3. (1) Subject to subparagraph (1A) the directors shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of their appointment as follows- (a) the two directors appointed under paragraph 1(1)(a) shall be appointed for a term of up to three years and with respect to the five directors SCHEDULE 1 Maritime Authority Law appointed under paragraph 1(1)(b) two shall be appointed for a term of up to two years and three shall be appointed for a term of up to one year; (b) a director shall be eligible for reappointment but shall not hold office for more than six consecutive years; (c) a director may at any time, by notice in writing addressed to the Minister, resign his office; and (d) the Governor shall terminate the appointment of a director who- (i) resigns his office; (ii) is adjudged bankrupt or suspends payments to, or compounds with, his creditors; (iii) is incapacitated by reason of physical or mental illness; (iv) has been absent without leave of the chairman for three consecutive Board meetings; (v) fails to comply with his obligations under paragraph 4; (vi) commits serious misconduct in relation to his duties; (vii) has been convicted in the Islands or elsewhere of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty; or (viii) is otherwise not a fit and proper person to discharge the functions of a director. (1A) Notwithstanding subparagraph (1) the directors shall hold and vacate office at the pleasure of the Governor. (2) Where a director ceases to be a director before the normal expiration of his office, the Governor in accordance with this Law, may appoint another person to hold that office until the time that the director's office would have expired. (3) A person appointed as a director shall not use his appointment to promote the interests of any commercial, financial, maritime or other organisation or institution with which he may be associated, in any capacity, during meetings of the Board or otherwise in his service as a Board member. Disclosure of interests 4. (1) Where a director or a member of a committee appointed under paragraph 8 has a pecuniary interest, direct or indirect, in a contract, proposed contract, licence or other matter and is present at a meeting of the Board at which the contract, proposed contract, licence or other matter is the subject of consideration, he shall, at the meeting and as soon as practicable after its commencement, disclose the fact and shall not take part in the consideration or discussion of the contract, proposed contract, licence or other matter, or vote on a question with respect to it, and shall be excluded from the meeting for the duration of the consideration, discussion and voting procedure. (2) A person who fails to comply with subparagraph (1) commits an offence and is liable - Maritime Authority Law SCHEDULE 1 (a) on summary conviction, to a fine of twenty thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years; or (b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of fifty thousand dollars and to imprisonment for five years, unless he proves that he did not know that the contract, proposed contract, licence or other matter in which he had a pecuniary interest was the subject of consideration at that meeting. (3) A disclosure under subparagraph (1) shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting. (4) The validity of an act or proceeding of the Board or committee shall not be questioned on the ground that a director or a member of a committee has contravened this paragraph. Pecuniary Interests for the purposes of paragraph 4 5. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 4, a director or a member of a committee shall be treated, subject to subparagraphs (2) and (3) and to paragraph 7, as having indirectly a pecuniary interest in a contract, proposed contract, licence or other matter if - (a) he, or a nominee of his, is a member of a company or other body with which the contract was made or is proposed to be made or which has a direct pecuniary interest in the licence or other matter under consideration; (b) he is a partner, or is in the employment of a person with whom the contract was made or is proposed to be made, or who has a direct pecuniary interest in the licence or other matter under consideration; or (c) he or a partner of his is a professional adviser to a person who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a contract, proposed contract, licence or other matter under consideration. (2) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to - (a) membership of or employment by a public body; or (b) an interest in a contract, proposed contract, license or other matter which a director, as a member of the public, has an interest or participates in, where such contract, proposed contract, license or other matter is one for which the right to participate is open to the public. (3) In the case of married persons, the interest of one spouse shall be deemed for the purpose of this paragraph to be also the interest of the other. Appointment of persons as directors in special cases 6. (1) The Governor in his discretion may, in the public interest and subject to such conditions as he may think fit, appoint persons to act as directors for a specified period, in SCHEDULE 1 Maritime Authority Law any case in which the number of directors disabled by paragraph 4 at any one time would be so great a proportion of the whole as to impede the transaction of business. (2) Nothing in paragraph 4 precludes a director from taking part in the consideration or discussion of, or voting on, the question whether an application should be made to the Governor for the exercise of the powers conferred by subparagraph (1). Proceedings 7. (1) The Board shall meet at least once every three months and at such other times as may be necessary or expedient for the transaction of the business of the Authority, and such meetings shall be held at such place, time and days as the Board may, from time to time, determine. (2) Except in cases of unavoidable urgency, due notice of such place, date and time of meetings of the Board shall be given to each director in writing at least seven days in advance. (3) The chairman shall call a meeting of the Board if so directed by the Minister or if requested to do so in writing by five directors; and such a direction or request shall include a statement of the agenda proposed for the meeting. (4) Where the chairman refuses to convene a special meeting of the Board upon request or neglects to convene the meeting as requested, a meeting of the Board may be convened by the directors making the request. (5) Subject to subparagraphs (6) and (7), the chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board. (6) In the absence of the chairman, the deputy chairman shall preside and perform the functions of the chairman. (7) In the absence of both the chairman and the deputy chairman, the directors present shall elect one of their number to preside and perform the functions of chairman of the meeting provided there is a quorum. (8) Every question or matter to be determined by the Board at a meeting shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the directors present and voting on the question or matter, and in the case of an equality of votes, the person presiding at that meeting shall have a second or casting vote. (9) Subject to paragraph 6, the quorum of the Board and of a committee of the Board shall be a simple majority of the directors appointed for the time being to the Board or committee. (10) The validity of the proceedings of the Board shall not be affected by a vacancy among the directors or by a defect in the appointment or the disqualification of a director. Committees of Board Maritime Authority Law SCHEDULE 1 8. (1) For the purpose of advising or assisting the Board in the performance of its functions, the Board may appoint such committees as the Board determines is appropriate. (2) Each committee appointed by the Board shall consist of at least two directors together with such other persons as the Board determines is appropriate for the purpose in respect of which the committee is appointed. (3) On receipt of advice from its committees, the Board shall decide whether or not to adopt that advice, in whole or in part or with such modifications as the Board thinks fit. Remuneration, etc. of Directors 9. (1) The Authority may pay to its directors and the members of its committees, other than public officers, such remuneration, whether by salary or fees, and such reasonable allowances in respect of expenses properly incurred by them in the performance of their duties, as the Authority may determine. (2) In this paragraph- \u201cmembers\u201d includes members of a committee who are not also directors. Use of Seal, authentication and authenticity of documents 10. (1) The seal of the Authority shall be authenticated by the chairman or deputy chairman, together with the signature of the Chief Executive Officer or other officer or servant of the Authority duly authorised to act on behalf of the Chief Executive Officer, and the seal shall be judicially noticed. (2) All instruments, contracts and other documents issued by the Authority, other than those required by law to be under seal, and all decisions of the Authority, shall be signed by the chairman or some other member, officer or employee of the Authority authorised by the Board to do so on behalf of the Authority. (3) Minutes of the proceedings of each meeting of the Board and each meeting of a committee of the Board shall be kept in such form as the Board determines, and shall be confirmed as soon as practicable at the next following meeting of the Board or that committee by the chairman or other person who presided at the meeting at which the minutes were taken. (4) A document purporting to be an instrument issued by the Authority and to be sealed or signed on behalf of the Authority in accordance with this paragraph, shall be received in evidence and shall be deemed to be such an instrument without further proof unless the contrary is shown. Use of Government facilities SCHEDULE 1 Maritime Authority Law 11. In carrying out its functions under this Law, the Authority may, with the approval of the Governor, enter into arrangements with a department of the Government for the use of the personnel, facilities and services of that department to an extent not incompatible with that department\u2019s operation, and all costs related to the use of the personnel, facilities and services shall be an expense of the Authority. Maritime Authority Law SCHEDULE 2 SCHEDULE 2 TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS Transfer of property, rights and liabilities 1. With effect from the 1st July, 2005 - (a) all chattels and property of every kind vested immediately before the 1st July, 2005 in the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry are hereby transferred to and vested in the Authority in the same manner and for the same estate as previously held by such Registry; and (b) all rights, powers, privileges and advantages and all liabilities and other obligations to which, immediately before the 1st July, 2005, the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry was entitled or subject to, are transferred to and conferred or imposed upon the Authority for the purpose of this Law. Transfer of Cayman Islands Shipping Registry officers to Authority 2. (1) A public officer or a person who immediately before the 1st July, 2005 was in the service of the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry, may be offered employment by the Authority and if he accepts the offer he shall become an employee of the Authority on terms and conditions of employment no less favourable than those that applied to his office immediately before such commencement, except - (a) to the extent that other terms and conditions of employment are agreed between him and the Authority; and (b) that disciplinary matters shall be dealt with in accordance with the Labour Law (2011 Revision) and the disciplinary rules and procedures of the Authority. (2) Pension arrangements and medical benefits relating to an employee referred to in subparagraph (1) shall be subject to sections 12 and 13. Transfer of Appointments and related Powers 3. From the 1st July, 2005 - (a) the appointment of the Director of the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry under section 419 of the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision) shall transfer to the Chief Executive Officer together with all the powers and functions vested in the appointments under that Law; (b) the appointment of surveyors and inspectors of ships under section 419 of the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision) shall continue in SCHEDULE 2 Maritime Authority Law effect under this Law, together with all the powers and functions of surveyors and inspectors vested in those appointees under that Law, as if made under this Law, until such time as those appointments are terminated or renewed under this Law; and (c) the appointments of the Registrar of Shipping and Shipping Master under section 449 of the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision), together with all the powers and functions vested in those appointees under that Law, shall continue in effect as if made under this Law until such time as those appointments are terminated or renewed under this Law. References in enactments and instruments 4. An enactment or other instrument passed or made before the 1st July 2005 shall have effect as if a reference to the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry were a reference to the Authority. Continuity 5. Anything done by or in relation to the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry and having effect immediately before the 1st July, 2005 shall, so far as is required for continuing its effect thereafter, be treated as if it had been done by or in relation to the Authority; and anything then in the process of being done by or in relation to the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry, including any legal proceedings then pending to which either of those bodies is a party, may be continued by or in relation to the Authority. Publication in consolidated and revised form authorised by the Governor in Cabinet this 3rd day of September, 2013. 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Cayman Islands Law, 2005)-11th\nFebruary, 2005\nLaw 30 of 2006-29th September, 2006\nLaw 12 of 2007-3rd September, 2007\nLaw 26 of 2012-15th November, 2012.\nConsolidated and revised this 31st day of July, 2013.\nNote (not forming part of the Law):  This revision replaces the 2008 Revision which\nshould now be discarded.\n\nMaritime Authority Law\nArrangement of Sections\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nPage 3\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nMARITIME AUTHORITY LAW\n(2013 Revision)\nArrangement of Sections\nSection\nPage\nPART I - Introductory\n1.\nShort tile ....................................................................................................................................5\n2.\nDefinitions ..................................................................................................................................5\nPART II - Establishment, Structure and Functions of\nMaritime Authority\n3.\nEstablishment and incorporation of Authority .............................................................................6\n4.\nBoard of Directors of Authority ...................................................................................................7\n5.\nAdvisers and secretary to Board ................................................................................................7\n6.\nFunctions and powers of Authority .............................................................................................7\n7.\nMinister may give general directions ..........................................................................................9\n8.\nDelegation of Board\u2019s powers ....................................................................................................9\nPART III - Personnel of Authority\n9.\nBoard to appoint Chief Executive Officer ....................................................................................9\n10.\nAppointment of officer ................................................................................................................9\n11.\nResponsibilities of Chief Executive Officer ............................................................................... 10\n12.\nAuthority to subscribe to Public Service Pensions Fund ........................................................... 11\n13.\nApplicability of Health Insurance Law (2013 Revision) ............................................................. 12\nPART IV - Financial Provisions\n14.\nFunds available to Authority ..................................................................................................... 12\n\nArrangement of Sections\nMaritime Authority Law\n\nPage 4\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nc\n\n15.\nFinancial year of Authority ....................................................................................................... 13\n16.\nCapital and borrowing powers of Authority ............................................................................... 13\n17.\nReserve fund ........................................................................................................................... 13\n18.\nApplicability of Public Management and Finance Law (2013 Revision) .................................... 13\n19.\nPayment of dividends by Authority ........................................................................................... 14\nPART V - General Matters\n20.\nImmunity and indemnity ........................................................................................................... 14\n21.\nConfidentiality .......................................................................................................................... 15\n22.\nRegulations ............................................................................................................................. 15\n23.\nPolicy guidelines and procedures of Authority .......................................................................... 15\n24.\nTransitional provisions ............................................................................................................. 16\nSCHEDULE 1\n17\nAppointment of Directors\n17\nSCHEDULE 2\n23\nTransfer of property, rights and liabilities\n23\n\nMaritime Authority Law\nSection 1\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nMARITIME AUTHORITY LAW\n(2013 Revision)\nENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\nPART I - Introductory\n1.\nShort tile\n1.\nThis Law may be cited as the Maritime Authority Law (2013 Revision).\n2.\nDefinitions\n2.\nIn this Law \u2014\n\u201cAuthority\u201d means the Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands established\nunder section 3;\n\u201cBoard\u201d means the board of directors of the Authority as constituted under\nsection 4;\n\u201cCayman Islands ship\u201d means a ship registered in the Islands under the\nMerchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision);\n\u201cCayman Islands Shipping Registry\u201d means the Shipping Registry\nestablished under the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision);\n\u201cchairman\u201d means the chairman of the Board;\n\u201cChief Executive Officer\u201d means the Chief Executive Officer of the\nAuthority appointed under section 9;\n\u201cdirector\u201d means a member of the Board appointed under section 4;\n\nSection 3\nMaritime Authority Law\n\nPage 6\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nc\n\n\u201cGovernor\u201d means the Governor in Cabinet;\n\u201cMinister\u201d means the member of Cabinet for the time being charged with\nresponsibility for merchant shipping in accordance with section 9 of the\nConstitution;\n\u201cnon-coercive revenue\u201d means any revenue not categorized as coercive\nrevenue under the Financial Regulations (2013 Revision);\n\u201cport state control\u201d means the inspection of ships, other than Cayman Islands\nships, whilst they are in Cayman waters, in accordance with the Merchant\nShipping (Port State Control) Regulations, 2003;\n\u201cproperty\u201d includes \u2014\n(a)\nmoney, goods, things in action, land and every description of property,\nwhether real or personal; and\n(b) obligations, easements and every description of estate, interest and profit,\npresent or future, vested or contingent, arising out of or incident to\nproperty as defined in paragraph (a);\n\u201cpublic officer\u201d has the meaning assigned to that expression in the\nConstitution;\n\u201cship\u201d includes every description of vessel used in navigation; and\n\u201cship registration services\u201d includes the registration of ships, tonnage\nmeasurement and surveys and certification related to the registration process.\nPART II - Establishment, Structure and Functions of Maritime\nAuthority\n3.\nEstablishment and incorporation of Authority\n3.\n(1) There is established in accordance with this Law a body corporate called the\nMaritime Authority of the Cayman Islands, having perpetual succession and a\ncommon seal and being capable in its corporate name, of entering into\ncontracts, of suing and being sued and of acquiring, holding, mortgaging,\nleasing and disposing of all kinds of property, movable or immovable.\n(2) The Authority shall establish and maintain its head office and principal place\nof business in the Islands and shall cause details thereof to be published in the\nGazette, and service of all documents on the Authority shall be deemed to be\neffective if delivered at the head office.\n(3) Where expedient, the Authority may establish and maintain branch offices\noutside the Islands.\n\nMaritime Authority Law\nSection 4\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nPage 7\n\n(4) The Authority shall have exclusive right to use the names \u201cMaritime Authority\nof the Cayman Islands\u201d, \u201cCayman Islands Shipping Registry\u201d and \u201cCayman\nIslands Yacht Registry\u201d.\n(5) It shall be within the capacity of the Authority as a statutory corporation to\ncarry on any activity and enter into such transactions as appear to it to be\nrequisite, convenient or conducive to, or for the discharge of, any of its\nfunctions under this Law.\n4.\nBoard of Directors of Authority\n4.\n(1) There shall be a board of directors of the Authority, which, subject to this\nLaw, shall be responsible for the governance and performance of the Authority\nand the general conduct of its affairs and business, having regard to the Public\nManagement and Finance Law (2013 Revision).\n(2) The Board shall consist of seven directors appointed by the Governor in\naccordance with Schedule 1, which Schedule shall have effect with respect to\nthe Board.\n5.\nAdvisers and secretary to Board\n5.\n(1) The Board may appoint a legal adviser or such other adviser whom the Board\nconsiders necessary for the discharge of its functions under this Law for such\nperiod and on such terms and conditions of employment as the Board\nconsiders fit.\n(2) The Board shall appoint for such period and on such terms and conditions of\nemployment as the Board considers fit, a person not being a director, to be the\nsecretary of the Authority, and the appointee shall be present at all meetings\nand shall take minutes of the business transacted, which minutes shall record\nall decisions, resolutions, orders, policies and rules made by the Board.\n6.\nFunctions and powers of Authority\n6.\n(1) It shall be the function of the Authority to administer and enforce all matters\nfor which the Minister is responsible under the laws in force in the Islands\nrelating to merchant shipping and seamen and to promote the proper\ndevelopment of ship registration, survey and related services.\n(2) For the purposes of carrying out its functions, the Authority may \u2014\n(a)\nengage such officers and consultants as it considers necessary, on such\nterms and conditions as it considers appropriate, subject to the\nrequirements of applicable law of the Islands;\n(b) provide an advisory service and disseminate information and guidance on\nmatters relating to ship registration, maritime regulatory requirements\nand maritime legislation in the Islands;\n\nSection 6\nMaritime Authority Law\n\nPage 8\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nc\n\n(c)\nmake such charges, as the Authority may determine, for the provision of\nits services under this subsection; and\n(d) borrow money and otherwise raise capital in accordance with this Law.\n(3) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) the\nAuthority shall \u2014\n(a)\nprovide shipping registration services, and maintain a register of ships;\n(b) provide maritime regulatory services, including \u2014\n(i)\nsurvey and inspection services for all ships on the register;\n(ii) documentation and certification services for all ships on the register\nand all crew serving on those ships;\n(iii) monitoring in respect of all ships on the register to ensure\ncompliance\nwith\napplicable\nrequirements\nof\ninternational\nconventions relating to shipping which have been extended to the\nIslands, together with related instruments and codes;\n(iv) issuance, in appropriate circumstances, of exemptions and\ndispensations\nfrom\nthe\nrequirements\nreferred\nto\nin\nsubparagraph (iii);\n(v) port state control;\n(vi) investigations into marine casualties;\n(vii) detention of unsafe or unseaworthy ships;\n(viii) preparation of cases for prosecution of offences committed under\nCayman Islands shipping laws and regulations;\n(ix) maritime search and rescue in co-ordination with other relevant\nGovernment departments and bodies;\n(x) issuance of shipping notices disseminating advice and information\nto the shipping industry; and\n(xi) international relations within the maritime sector including\ncooperation with regional agreements on port state control;\n(c)\npromote the development of the Islands as an international shipping\ncentre including, but not limited to \u2014\n(i)\nonshore ship operations and activities;\n(ii) shipping dispute resolution and other maritime services;\n(iii) international ship finance; and\n(iv) the growth and utilisation of the Admiralty jurisdiction of the Grand\nCourt;\n(d) provide advice to the Minister on maritime policy, legislative\nrequirements and economic issues pertaining to the activities in this\nsection and with respect to maritime administration in the Islands;\n\nMaritime Authority Law\nSection 7\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nPage 9\n\n(e)\nrepresent the Islands at international fora related to maritime affairs; and\n(f)\ndischarge such other functions as are for the time being conferred on it by\nvirtue of this Law or any other law.\n7.\nMinister may give general directions\n7.\n(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Board, give in written form\ngeneral and lawful directions on matters of policy and the Board shall give\neffect to such directions.\n(2) Any such direction given by the Minister which affects members of the public\nshall be published in the Gazette.\n8.\nDelegation of Board\u2019s powers\n8.\n(1) Subject to this Law, the Authority may delegate to a director, to a committee\nappointed by the Board or to the Chief Executive Officer such of the\nAuthority\u2019s powers, together with powers that the Board determines are\nnecessary or expedient to enable that director, committee or the Chief\nExecutive Officer to carry out a delegated function as the Authority sees fit,\nbut the Authority\u2019s borrowing powers may not be delegated.\n(2) Every delegation under this section shall be in writing and shall be revocable\nby the Authority, but no such delegation shall prevent the Authority from\nexercising the powers so delegated.\nPART III - Personnel of Authority\n9.\nBoard to appoint Chief Executive Officer\n9.\n(1) The Board shall appoint for such period and on such terms and conditions of\nemployment as it thinks fit, a Chief Executive Officer of the Authority.\n(2) The Chief Executive Officer shall perform the duties and responsibilities\nspecified in section 11 and shall render his services exclusively to the\nAuthority as a full-time officer of the Authority.\n10.\nAppointment of officer\n10. (1) There shall be appointed \u2014\n(a)\nan officer known as the Registrar of Shipping who shall exercise such\nfunctions as are conferred on him by this Law and by the Merchant\nShipping Law (2011 Revision) and keep such records and perform such\nother duties as the Chief Executive Officer may determine; and\n(b) an officer known as the Shipping Master who shall exercise the functions\nconferred on him by this Law and the Merchant Shipping Law (2011\n\nSection 11\nMaritime Authority Law\n\nPage 10\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nc\n\nRevision) and perform such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer\nmay direct.\n(2) There may be appointed \u2014\n(a)\none or more Deputy Registrars of Shipping who may, in the absence of\nthe Registrar of Shipping, act as the Registrar of Shipping for the\npurposes of this Law and of the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision)\nand who, when so acting, shall exercise such functions as are conferred\non him by this Law or the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision) and\nkeep such records and perform such other duties as the Chief Executive\nOfficer may determine;\n(b) one or more Assistant Registrars of Shipping who shall carry out, under\nthe direction of the Registrar of Shipping or a Deputy Registrar of\nShipping, as the case may be, such functions and duties as the Chief\nExecutive Officer may determine;\n(c)\none or more Deputy Shipping Masters who may, in the absence of the\nShipping Master, act as the Shipping Master for the purposes of this Law\nand of the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision) and who shall carry\nout such other functions and duties as the Chief Executive Officer may\ndetermine; and\n(d) one or more Assistant Shipping Masters who shall carry out, under the\ndirection of the Shipping Master or a Deputy Shipping Master, as the\ncase may be, such functions and duties as the Chief Executive Officer\nmay determine.\n11.\nResponsibilities of Chief Executive Officer\n11. (1) The Chief Executive Officer shall be accountable to the Board for \u2014\n(a)\nthe day-to-day management of the affairs of the Authority;\n(b) the recruitment, appointment and management of the following personnel\nunder such terms and conditions as the Chief Executive Officer deems\nappropriate in accordance with the policies authorised by the Authority\nand the statutory provisions related to the appointments contained in this\nLaw and in the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision), namely \u2014\n(i)\nthe general staff of the Authority;\n(ii) surveyors and inspectors under section 419 of the Merchant\nShipping Law (2011 Revision); and\n(iii) the Registrar of Shipping, Shipping Master, Deputy Registrars of\nShipping, Assistant Registrars of Shipping, Deputy Shipping\nMasters and Assistant Shipping Masters;\n\nMaritime Authority Law\nSection 12\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nPage 11\n\n(c)\nthe establishment and maintenance of the appropriate executive,\nmanagement, technical and administrative structure of the Authority, in\naccordance with policies approved by the Board;\n(d) the achievement of the outputs and ownership performance of the\nAuthority;\n(e)\npublic relations and financial management;\n(f)\nthe carrying out of the functions of the Authority in accordance with the\ndecisions of the Board; and\n(g) the provision of technical advice and guidance on matters of policy,\nlegislative development needs and strategic planning.\n(2) In the Chief Executive Officer\u2019s absence or inability to fulfil his functions, the\nBoard may appoint a senior employee of the Authority to discharge the\nfunctions of the Chief Executive Officer during the period of his absence or\ninability.\n(3) The Authority may arrange with the Chief Officer of the Ministry or Portfolio\nconcerned for the secondment of a public officer to work at the Authority, and\nany person so seconded shall, in relation to salary, pensions, gratuity or\nconditions of service, be treated as continuing in the service of the\nGovernment.\n(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3) the cost of employing a public officer\nseconded to the Authority shall be met by the Authority during the period of\nthe secondment.\n12.\nAuthority to subscribe to Public Service Pensions Fund\n12. (1) The Authority shall subscribe to the Public Service Pensions Fund in\naccordance with the Public Service Pensions Law (2013 Revision) for the\npayment of pensions to all employees of the Authority.\n(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) \u2014\n(a)\nwhere an employee, transferred in accordance with Schedule 2, is entitled\nto a contracted officer\u2019s supplement, the Authority shall not subscribe to\nthe Fund in respect of such employee during the period in which the\nemployee remains entitled to such supplement;\n(b) with respect to an employee employed by the Authority after the 1st July,\n2005, the Authority has the option of subscribing to the Public Service\nPensions Fund or of creating and maintaining, or subscribing to, a fund in\naccordance with the National Pensions Law (2012 Revision); and\n(c)\nthe Authority shall not subscribe to a fund in respect of an employee who\nis employed under a contract which is six months or less in duration.\n(3) The Authority shall be considered to be an employer for the purposes of the\nPublic Service Pensions Law (2013 Revision) and an employee referred to in\n\nSection 13\nMaritime Authority Law\n\nPage 12\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nc\n\nsubsection (2)(a) shall not be considered to have retired from the Service for\nthe purposes of that Law.\n13.\nApplicability of Health Insurance Law (2013 Revision)\n13. The Health Insurance Law (2013 Revision) shall apply to the Authority\nexcept that \u2014\n(a)\nthe Authority may elect to provide free or subsidised medical benefits in\nlieu of and at least equivalent to, or in addition to, insurance coverage\nunder that Law; and\n(b) a person referred to in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 shall, unless otherwise\nnotified by the Authority, be entitled to receive from the Authority at\nleast the same medical benefits to which he was entitled on the day\npreceding his transfer to the Authority.\nPART IV - Financial Provisions\n14.\nFunds available to Authority\n14. (1) The funds available to the Authority for the performance of its functions under\nthis Law shall consist of \u2014\n(a)\nsuch sums as may be paid by the Governor in Cabinet for outputs\npurchased by him from the Authority or equity injections or loans to the\nAuthority made by the Governor in Cabinet;\n(b) such sources of non-coercive revenue as may be available in respect of\nshipping and maritime services;\n(c)\namounts borrowed by the Authority in accordance with this Law;\n(d) miscellaneous receipts including interest and returns on investments;\n(e)\namounts charged in respect of fees paid for consulting and other\nservices; and\n(f)\nother costs recoverable from the Government relating to casualty and\nother inquiries and investigations, port state control activities and judicial\nand administrative proceedings as agreed with the Governor in Cabinet\nthrough a purchase agreement with the Authority.\n(2) The revenue received shall be paid into bank accounts established for the\npurpose in the name of the Authority and approved by the Board.\n(3) Subject to this Law, revenue of the Authority, equity invested in the Authority\nand loans made to the Authority shall be held and applied to furthering the\npurposes of the Authority in such manner as the Authority may think fit.\n(4) Where this Part is inconsistent with the Merchant Shipping Law (2011\nRevision), this Part shall prevail.\n\nMaritime Authority Law\nSection 15\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nPage 13\n\n15.\nFinancial year of Authority\n15. The financial year of the Authority is the period of twelve months ending on\nthe 30th June in each year.\n16.\nCapital and borrowing powers of Authority\n16. (1) The initial capitalisation of the Authority shall be established by agreement\nbetween the Minister and the Board and shall include sufficient working\ncapital to allow the Authority to operate efficiently.\n(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Authority may borrow such sums required by it\nfor meeting its obligations and discharging its functions.\n(3) The power of the Authority to borrow an amount in excess of a cumulative\noutstanding balance of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars shall be\nexercisable only with the approval of the Governor, as to the amount, sources\nof borrowing and terms on which the borrowing may be effected; and approval\ngiven in any respect for the purpose of this subsection may be either general or\nlimited to a particular borrowing or otherwise and may be either conditional or\nsubject to conditions.\n(4) Subject to the Public Management and Finance Law (2013 Revision) and in\naccordance with a resolution of the Legislative Assembly, the Governor may\nguarantee the payment of the principal and interest on any authorised\nborrowings of the Authority.\n17.\nReserve fund\n17. (1) The Authority shall maintain a level of cash reserves of an amount agreed with\nthe Governor in the annual ownership agreement prepared in accordance with\nsection 49 of the Public Management and Finance Law (2013 Revision).\n(2) Subject to subsection (3), the management of the reserve fund, the sums to be\ncarried from time to time on the credit thereof, and the application thereof,\nshall be as the Authority may determine.\n(3) Subject to section 18, no part of the reserve fund shall be applied otherwise\nthan for the purposes of the Authority.\n(4) The Authority may invest its reserve funds and other surplus cash at interest,\nin cash and bank deposits, including Certificates of Deposit.\n18.\nApplicability of Public Management and Finance Law (2013 Revision)\n18. (1) The Authority is a statutory authority as defined in section 3 of the Public\nManagement and Finance Law (2013 Revision) and accordingly that Law\napplies, among other things, to \u2014\n(a)\nthe Authority\u2019s expenditure budget for each financial year; and\n\nSection 19\nMaritime Authority Law\n\nPage 14\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nc\n\n(b) the preparation, maintenance, auditing and publication of the Authority\u2019s\naccounts.\n(2) Where the exercise of a power conferred by or under this Law would be\ninconsistent with the exercise of a power conferred by or under the Public\nManagement and Finance Law (2013 Revision), that Law shall, to the extent\nof the inconsistency, prevail over this Law.\n19.\nPayment of dividends by Authority\n19. (1) The Governor may, by written notice to the Board direct the Authority to \u2014\n(a)\npay a dividend to Government for an amount, and at a time, specified in\nthe notice; and\n(b) provide, at a time and in a manner specified in the notice, such\ninformation as is specified in the notice,\nand the Authority shall comply with the directions.\n(2) The dividend referred to in subsection (1) shall be calculated by a formula\ndetermined by the Financial Secretary after consulting the Governor and the\nAuthority; and such method of calculation shall be so determined before a\nrequest for a dividend from the Authority is made by the Governor.\n(3) Receipts issued under section 14(1)(c) shall not be taken into account in\ncalculating the amount of any dividend payable under this section.\nPART V - General Matters\n20.\nImmunity and indemnity\n20. (1) Neither the Authority, nor a director or employee of the Authority shall be\nliable in damages for anything done or omitted in the discharge of their\nrespective functions, responsibilities, powers and duties under this Law unless\nit is shown that the act or omission was in bad faith.\n(2) The Authority shall indemnify \u2014\n(a)\nevery director;\n(b) every employee; and\n(c)\nthe secretary of the Authority, appointed under section 5(2),\nagainst all claims, damages, costs, charges or expenses incurred by that\ndirector, employee or secretary in the discharge of his functions,\nresponsibilities, powers and duties under this Law, except claims, damages,\ncosts, charges or expenses caused by their bad faith; and the Authority may\npurchase insurance with respect to such indemnification.\n\nMaritime Authority Law\nSection 21\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nPage 15\n\n21.\nConfidentiality\n21. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who, being a director, officer, employee,\nagent or adviser of the Authority discloses, without the prior authorisation of\nthe Board, information acquired by him by reason of his office or employment\nor in exercise of the Authority\u2019s function under or for the purposes of this Law\nor any other law, which information relates to \u2014\n(a)\nthe affairs of the Authority;\n(b) the affairs of a ship on the register; or\n(c)\nthe affairs of a registered owner of a Cayman Islands ship,\ncommits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of ten\nthousand dollars and to imprisonment for one year, and on conviction on\nindictment to a fine of fifty thousand dollars and to imprisonment for three\nyears.\n(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to a disclosure \u2014\n(a)\nlawfully required or permitted by a court of competent jurisdiction in the\nIslands;\n(b) made for the purpose of assisting the Authority to exercise a function\nconferred on it by this Law or any other law;\n(c)\nmade in respect of the affairs of a ship or its owner for which consent has\nbeen voluntarily given by the owner;\n(d) where the information disclosed is or has been available to the public\nfrom any other source;\n(e)\nwhere the information disclosed is in a summary or in statistics expressed\nin a manner that does not enable the identity of the person to whom, or a\nship to which, the information relates to be ascertained; or\n(f)\nlawfully made to a person entitled to obtain such information under the\nlaws of the Islands.\n22.\nRegulations\n22. The Governor may make regulations prescribing anything which may be or is\nrequired to be prescribed under this Law.\n23.\nPolicy guidelines and procedures of Authority\n23. (1) The Authority may formulate policy guidelines and procedures that it\nconsiders necessary or expedient for the purpose of enabling it to carry out its\nfunctions under this Law.\n(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), the guidelines and procedures may make\nprovision for \u2014\n\nSection 24\nMaritime Authority Law\n\nPage 16\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nc\n\n(a)\nrules of procedure to be followed in the conduct of the meetings of the\nBoard; and\n(b) the vetting of contracts, leases and other agreements which the Board\nmay contemplate entering into.\n24.\nTransitional provisions\n24. The transitional provisions set out in Schedule 2 shall have effect.\n\nMaritime Authority Law\nSCHEDULE 1\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nPage 17\n\n SCHEDULE 1\nsection 4\nAPPOINTMENT AND CONSTITUTION OF BOARD\nAppointment of Directors\n1.\n(1) The Governor shall appoint -\n(a)\ntwo directors who, in his opinion, are persons qualified for appointment\nas having had experience and shown capacity in financial management or\nlaw or who, in his opinion, are persons qualified for appointment as\nhaving had experience and shown capacity in matters relating to the\nAuthority\u2019s functions; and\n(b) five directors who, in his opinion, are persons qualified for appointment\nas having had experience and shown capacity respectively in national\nsecurity, international shipping, corporate services or maritime affairs.\n\n(2) Prior to appointing a person to be a director, the Governor shall satisfy himself\nthat the person will have no financial or other interest likely to prejudicially affect the\nexercise of his functions as a director, and the Governor may require a person whom he\nproposes to appoint to give him such information as he considers necessary for that\npurpose.\n\n(3) The Governor shall appoint one of the two directors appointed under\nsubparagraph (1) (a) as chairman and the other such director as deputy chairman.\n\n(4) Neither a member of the Legislative Assembly nor an official member of\nCabinet shall be eligible for appointment as a director.\n2.\nThe Chief Executive Officer shall be present at each meeting of the Board unless -\n(a)\nhe has obtained leave of absence from the chairman;\n(b) he is incapacitated by illness; or\n(c)\nhe is asked to leave the meeting temporarily so that the Board may\ndiscuss, in his absence, matters relating to -\n\n(i) the standard of his performance; or\n\n(ii) the soundness of his decisions.\nTenure of Directors\n3.\n(1) Subject to subparagraph (1A) the directors shall hold and vacate office in\naccordance with the terms of their appointment as follows-\n(a)\nthe two directors appointed under paragraph 1(1)(a) shall be appointed\nfor a term of up to three years and with respect to the five directors\n\nSCHEDULE 1\nMaritime Authority Law\n\nPage 18\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nc\n\nappointed under paragraph 1(1)(b) two shall be appointed for a term of\nup to two years and three shall be appointed for a term of up to one year;\n(b) a director shall be eligible for reappointment but shall not hold office for\nmore than six consecutive years;\n(c)\na director may at any time, by notice in writing addressed to the Minister,\nresign his office; and\n(d) the Governor shall terminate the appointment of a director who-\n\n(i) resigns his office;\n\n(ii) is adjudged bankrupt or suspends payments to, or compounds with,\nhis creditors;\n\n(iii) is incapacitated by reason of physical or mental illness;\n\n(iv) has been absent without leave of the chairman for three consecutive\nBoard meetings;\n\n(v) fails to comply with his obligations under paragraph 4;\n\n(vi) commits serious misconduct in relation to his duties;\n\n(vii) has been convicted in the Islands or elsewhere of an offence\ninvolving fraud or dishonesty; or\n\n(viii) is otherwise not a fit and proper person to discharge the functions of\na director.\n\n(1A) Notwithstanding subparagraph (1) the directors shall hold and vacate office at\nthe pleasure of the Governor.\n\n(2) Where a director ceases to be a director before the normal expiration of his\noffice, the Governor in accordance with this Law, may appoint another person to hold\nthat office until the time that the director's office would have expired.\n\n(3) A person appointed as a director shall not use his appointment to promote the\ninterests of any commercial, financial, maritime or other organisation or institution with\nwhich he may be associated, in any capacity, during meetings of the Board or otherwise\nin his service as a Board member.\nDisclosure of interests\n4.\n(1) Where a director or a member of a committee appointed under paragraph 8 has\na pecuniary interest, direct or indirect, in a contract, proposed contract, licence or other\nmatter and is present at a meeting of the Board at which the contract, proposed contract,\nlicence or other matter is the subject of consideration, he shall, at the meeting and as soon\nas practicable after its commencement, disclose the fact and shall not take part in the\nconsideration or discussion of the contract, proposed contract, licence or other matter, or\nvote on a question with respect to it, and shall be excluded from the meeting for the\nduration of the consideration, discussion and voting procedure.\n\n(2) A person who fails to comply with subparagraph (1) commits an offence and is\nliable -\n\nMaritime Authority Law\nSCHEDULE 1\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nPage 19\n\n(a)\non summary conviction, to a fine of twenty thousand dollars and to\nimprisonment for two years; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of fifty thousand dollars and to\nimprisonment for five years,\nunless he proves that he did not know that the contract, proposed contract, licence or\nother matter in which he had a pecuniary interest was the subject of consideration at that\nmeeting.\n\n(3) A disclosure under subparagraph (1) shall be recorded in the minutes of the\nmeeting.\n\n(4) The validity of an act or proceeding of the Board or committee shall not be\nquestioned on the ground that a director or a member of a committee has contravened this\nparagraph.\nPecuniary Interests for the purposes of paragraph 4\n5.\n(1) For the purposes of paragraph 4, a director or a member of a committee shall\nbe treated, subject to subparagraphs (2) and (3) and to paragraph 7, as having indirectly a\npecuniary interest in a contract, proposed contract, licence or other matter if -\n(a)\nhe, or a nominee of his, is a member of a company or other body with\nwhich the contract was made or is proposed to be made or which has a\ndirect pecuniary interest in the licence or other matter under\nconsideration;\n(b) he is a partner, or is in the employment of a person with whom the\ncontract was made or is proposed to be made, or who has a direct\npecuniary interest in the licence or other matter under consideration; or\n(c)\nhe or a partner of his is a professional adviser to a person who has a\ndirect or indirect pecuniary interest in a contract, proposed contract,\nlicence or other matter under consideration.\n\n(2) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to -\n(a)\nmembership of or employment by a public body; or\n(b) an interest in a contract, proposed contract, license or other matter which\na director, as a member of the public, has an interest or participates in,\nwhere such contract, proposed contract, license or other matter is one for\nwhich the right to participate is open to the public.\n\n(3) In the case of married persons, the interest of one spouse shall be deemed for\nthe purpose of this paragraph to be also the interest of the other.\nAppointment of persons as directors in special cases\n6.\n(1) The Governor in his discretion may, in the public interest and subject to such\nconditions as he may think fit, appoint persons to act as directors for a specified period, in\n\nSCHEDULE 1\nMaritime Authority Law\n\nPage 20\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nc\n\nany case in which the number of directors disabled by paragraph 4 at any one time would\nbe so great a proportion of the whole as to impede the transaction of business.\n\n(2) Nothing in paragraph 4 precludes a director from taking part in the\nconsideration or discussion of, or voting on, the question whether an application should\nbe made to the Governor for the exercise of the powers conferred by subparagraph (1).\nProceedings\n7.\n(1) The Board shall meet at least once every three months and at such other times\nas may be necessary or expedient for the transaction of the business of the Authority, and\nsuch meetings shall be held at such place, time and days as the Board may, from time to\ntime, determine.\n\n(2) Except in cases of unavoidable urgency, due notice of such place, date and\ntime of meetings of the Board shall be given to each director in writing at least seven\ndays in advance.\n\n(3) The chairman shall call a meeting of the Board if so directed by the Minister or\nif requested to do so in writing by five directors; and such a direction or request shall\ninclude a statement of the agenda proposed for the meeting.\n\n(4) Where the chairman refuses to convene a special meeting of the Board upon\nrequest or neglects to convene the meeting as requested, a meeting of the Board may be\nconvened by the directors making the request.\n\n(5) Subject to subparagraphs (6) and (7), the chairman shall preside at all meetings\nof the Board.\n\n(6) In the absence of the chairman, the deputy chairman shall preside and perform\nthe functions of the chairman.\n\n(7) In the absence of both the chairman and the deputy chairman, the directors\npresent shall elect one of their number to preside and perform the functions of chairman\nof the meeting provided there is a quorum.\n\n(8) Every question or matter to be determined by the Board at a meeting shall be\ndecided by a majority of the votes of the directors present and voting on the question or\nmatter, and in the case of an equality of votes, the person presiding at that meeting shall\nhave a second or casting vote.\n\n(9) Subject to paragraph 6, the quorum of the Board and of a committee of the\nBoard shall be a simple majority of the directors appointed for the time being to the\nBoard or committee.\n\n(10) The validity of the proceedings of the Board shall not be affected by a vacancy\namong the directors or by a defect in the appointment or the disqualification of a director.\nCommittees of Board\n\nMaritime Authority Law\nSCHEDULE 1\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nPage 21\n\n8.\n(1) For the purpose of advising or assisting the Board in the performance of its\nfunctions, the Board may appoint such committees as the Board determines is\nappropriate.\n\n(2) Each committee appointed by the Board shall consist of at least two directors\ntogether with such other persons as the Board determines is appropriate for the purpose in\nrespect of which the committee is appointed.\n\n(3) On receipt of advice from its committees, the Board shall decide whether or\nnot to adopt that advice, in whole or in part or with such modifications as the Board\nthinks fit.\nRemuneration, etc. of Directors\n9.\n(1) The Authority may pay to its directors and the members of its committees,\nother than public officers, such remuneration, whether by salary or fees, and such\nreasonable allowances in respect of expenses properly incurred by them in the\nperformance of their duties, as the Authority may determine.\n\n(2) In this paragraph-\n\u201cmembers\u201d includes members of a committee who are not also directors.\nUse of Seal, authentication and authenticity of documents\n10. (1) The seal of the Authority shall be authenticated by the chairman or deputy\nchairman, together with the signature of the Chief Executive Officer or other officer or\nservant of the Authority duly authorised to act on behalf of the Chief Executive Officer,\nand the seal shall be judicially noticed.\n\n(2) All instruments, contracts and other documents issued by the Authority, other\nthan those required by law to be under seal, and all decisions of the Authority, shall be\nsigned by the chairman or some other member, officer or employee of the Authority\nauthorised by the Board to do so on behalf of the Authority.\n\n(3) Minutes of the proceedings of each meeting of the Board and each meeting of\na committee of the Board shall be kept in such form as the Board determines, and shall be\nconfirmed as soon as practicable at the next following meeting of the Board or that\ncommittee by the chairman or other person who presided at the meeting at which the\nminutes were taken.\n\n(4) A document purporting to be an instrument issued by the Authority and to be\nsealed or signed on behalf of the Authority in accordance with this paragraph, shall be\nreceived in evidence and shall be deemed to be such an instrument without further proof\nunless the contrary is shown.\nUse of Government facilities\n\nSCHEDULE 1\nMaritime Authority Law\n\nPage 22\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nc\n\n11. In carrying out its functions under this Law, the Authority may, with the approval of\nthe Governor, enter into arrangements with a department of the Government for the use\nof the personnel, facilities and services of that department to an extent not incompatible\nwith that department\u2019s operation, and all costs related to the use of the personnel,\nfacilities and services shall be an expense of the Authority.\n\nMaritime Authority Law\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nPage 23\n\nSCHEDULE 2\nsection 24\nTRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS\nTransfer of property, rights and liabilities\n1.\nWith effect from the 1st July, 2005 -\n(a)\nall chattels and property of every kind vested immediately before the 1st\nJuly, 2005 in the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry are hereby\ntransferred to and vested in the Authority in the same manner and for the\nsame estate as previously held by such Registry; and\n(b) all rights, powers, privileges and advantages and all liabilities and other\nobligations to which, immediately before the 1st July, 2005, the Cayman\nIslands Shipping Registry was entitled or subject to, are transferred to\nand conferred or imposed upon the Authority for the purpose of this Law.\nTransfer of Cayman Islands Shipping Registry officers to Authority\n2.\n(1) A public officer or a person who immediately before the 1st July, 2005 was in\nthe service of the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry, may be offered employment by the\nAuthority and if he accepts the offer he shall become an employee of the Authority on\nterms and conditions of employment no less favourable than those that applied to his\noffice immediately before such commencement, except -\n(a)\nto the extent that other terms and conditions of employment are agreed\nbetween him and the Authority; and\n(b) that disciplinary matters shall be dealt with in accordance with the\nLabour Law (2011 Revision) and the disciplinary rules and procedures\nof the Authority.\n(2) Pension arrangements and medical benefits relating to an employee referred to\nin subparagraph (1) shall be subject to sections 12 and 13.\nTransfer of Appointments and related Powers\n3.\nFrom the 1st July, 2005 -\n(a)\nthe appointment of the Director of the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry\nunder section 419 of the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision)\nshall transfer to the Chief Executive Officer together with all the powers\nand functions vested in the appointments under that Law;\n(b) the appointment of surveyors and inspectors of ships under section 419\nof the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision) shall continue in\n\nSCHEDULE 2\nMaritime Authority Law\n\nPage 24\nRevised as at 31st day of July, 2013\nc\n\neffect under this Law, together with all the powers and functions of\nsurveyors and inspectors vested in those appointees under that Law, as if\nmade under this Law, until such time as those appointments are\nterminated or renewed under this Law; and\n(c)\nthe appointments of the Registrar of Shipping and Shipping Master under\nsection 449 of the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision), together\nwith all the powers and functions vested in those appointees under that\nLaw, shall continue in effect as if made under this Law until such time as\nthose appointments are terminated or renewed under this Law.\nReferences in enactments and instruments\n4.\nAn enactment or other instrument passed or made before the 1st July 2005 shall\nhave effect as if a reference to the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry were a reference to\nthe Authority.\nContinuity\n5.\nAnything done by or in relation to the Cayman Islands Shipping Registry and\nhaving effect immediately before the 1st July, 2005 shall, so far as is required for\ncontinuing its effect thereafter, be treated as if it had been done by or in relation to the\nAuthority; and anything then in the process of being done by or in relation to the Cayman\nIslands Shipping Registry, including any legal proceedings then pending to which either\nof those bodies is a party, may be continued by or in relation to the Authority.\nPublication in consolidated and revised form authorised by the Governor in Cabinet\nthis 3rd day of September, 2013.\nCarmena Watler\nActing Clerk of Cabinet","akn_extracted_at":"2026-06-22 15:34:44.569245+00","cms_id":"2005-0002","law_type":"principal","year":"2005","number":"2","title":"Maritime Authority Act","status":"in_force"},"provenance":{"files":[{"file_id":"5022","expr_id":"200","kind":"akn_xml","filename":"2005-0002_2013 Revision.akn.xml","source_url":null,"storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/working\/PRINCIPAL\/2005\/2005-0002\/2005-0002_2013 Revision.akn.xml","content_md5":"ee2c1a32b1a4f1e42a8639041c1a772d","byte_size":"44607","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-22 15:34:45.041528+00"},{"file_id":"399","expr_id":"200","kind":"pristine_pdf","filename":"2005-0002_2013 Revision.pdf","source_url":"\/cms\/images\/LEGISLATION\/PRINCIPAL\/2005\/2005-0002\/2005-0002_2013 Revision.pdf","storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/pristine\/PRINCIPAL\/2005\/2005-0002\/2005-0002_2013 Revision.pdf","content_md5":"dee2de310215654e2ae399db9cd94570","byte_size":"567151","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-21 23:09:35.950534+00"},{"file_id":"400","expr_id":"200","kind":"working_pdf","filename":"2005-0002_2013 Revision.pdf","source_url":"\/cms\/images\/LEGISLATION\/PRINCIPAL\/2005\/2005-0002\/2005-0002_2013 Revision.pdf","storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/working\/PRINCIPAL\/2005\/2005-0002\/2005-0002_2013 Revision.pdf","content_md5":"dee2de310215654e2ae399db9cd94570","byte_size":"567151","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-21 23:09:35.950534+00"}],"paragraph_count":16,"latest_history":null},"quality":{"expr_id":"200","doc_id":"200","quality_state":"needs_review","quality_score":"84","needs_human_review":"t","deterministic_categories":"{duplicate_text,page_header_footer_noise}","llm_categories":"{truncated_text,other}","repair_actions":"{collapse_duplicate_text,manual_review,reextract_full_text,strip_page_furniture}","finding_severity_counts":"{\"low\": 1, \"medium\": 1}","finding_summary":"Sample ends abruptly in Section 3; 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