101. (1) The relevant Minister may, at any time during the relevant period, give public notice (in this section referred to as the “relevant notice”) in accordance with this section that he or she intends to invite MAC applications for relevant maritime usages.

(2) (a) The relevant Minister shall publish the relevant notice on a website of the Government.

(b) The relevant notice shall specify the period within which the MAC applications invited by the notice shall be made to the relevant Minister.

(c) The relevant Minister shall disregard a MAC application invited by the relevant notice which is received by the relevant Minister after the expiration of the period referred to in paragraph (b).

(3) During the relevant period, all references in section 72 and Parts 4 and 6 to the MARA shall, with all necessary modifications (including the modification that section 92(1) shall be construed as if the words “as soon as is practicable after the establishment day and” were deleted therefrom), be construed as references to the relevant Minister but only in so far as those references relate to MAC applications referred to in this section or MACs granted pursuant to such applications.

(4) In this section, “relevant period” means the period commencing on the coming into operation of Parts 4 and 6 (including any Schedules referred to in those Parts) for the purposes of this section and ending on the establishment day.