Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The owner of a ship is the person who owns the ship, whether or not the person is registered as the ship's owner.
(2) The owner of a ship includes a person who—
(a) exercises, or purports to exercise, powers of the owner; and
(b) operates the ship or causes or allows it to be operated by someone else.
Example 1—
If a ship's owner lives outside Queensland, and the owner appoints an agent in Queensland to exercise the owner's powers and operate the ship, the agent is an owner of the ship.
Example 2—
If, under a charter, a person has exclusive possession of a ship and may operate the ship, the person is an owner of the ship.
Example 3—
If a bank becomes the mortgagee in possession of a ship and operates it, the bank is an owner of the ship.