Practice question
A domestic shipping company operates vessels but does not operate, manage or control any seaport or other listed utility activity. It argues that the seaport category automatically makes its vessel service a utility. No later classification law is shown. Which is best?
- A vessel service cannot be equated automatically with operating a seaport; its actual statutory category must be examined.
- Every vessel and seaport are the same legal activity.
- The operator becomes a water-pipeline distributor.
- The name shipping always establishes every utility category.
- The absence of utility status eliminates every maritime regulatory law.
Legal references
- RA 11659, amending CA146, public-utility definition and national-security safeguards: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/94539
- Signed March 20, 2023 implementing rules of RA11659, Sections 5-7 and 32-45: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/97017
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