UK Statutory Instrument
1993
United Kingdom
The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993
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Schedules
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Every application to the Registrar to approve a name shall...
Where a ship having once been registered has ceased to...
In respect of an application to register a ship, other...
In respect of an application to register a fishing vessel...
Subject to paragraph 5 below, if the Registrar is satisfied...
Notwithstanding that the Registrar is satisfied as to paragraphs 2...
Any approval given under paragraphs 2 or 3 shall be...
If the Registrar is not so satisfied he shall notify...
Notwithstanding paragraph 6, the Registrar may allow the reservation of...
Applications for a reservation under paragraph 8 must be accompanied...
Every ship is required, before it may be registered, to...
The Secretary of State may exempt any class of ship...
Subject to any exemption in respect of that class of...
A pleasure vessel which is under 24 metres in length...
A fishing vessel is to be marked as follows:—
A scale of decimetres, or metres and decimetres, denoting a...
The name of a ship shall be marked in Roman...
The following information is to be registered about each owner...
The following information is to be registered about each owner...
The following information is to be registered about:—
The following information is to be registered about ships registered...
The following is to be registered about fishing vessels registered...
In addition to the information in either paragraph 4 or...
A certificate of registry for a ship registered or to...
A certificate of registry for a fishing vessel registered or...
Bareboat Charter Ships A certificate of bareboat charter registry for...
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Citation, commencement and interpretation
The Register
Registration of fishing vessels to be of two kinds
Fishing vessels changing from full registration to simple registration subject to conditions
Registration on only one Part of the Register
Trusts not to be entered
Persons qualified to be owners of ships to be registered on Part I of the Register
British connection and majority interest
For the purposes of regulation 8:— (a) one or more...
Government ships
Fishing vessels excluded from Part I
Eligibility
(1) Subject to the relevant provisions of the sanctions regulations,...
British connection and representative persons for fishing vessels
Dispensations
Appointment of inspectors
Exemptions from section 5(1) of the Act
Appointment of representative persons
Service on representative persons
Form of application
The applicant
Applications for registration
Appointment of managing owner
Applications by bodies corporate
Declaration of intent
Form of declaration of intent
Declaration of eligibility to be submitted before registration
Evidence of title on ... registration
Survey and measurement of ship
Engine power of fishing vessels registered on Part II or Part IV of the Register
Where the Registrar is not satisfied that the engine power...
Names
Allocation of official number and port of choice
Marking
Inspection of marks
Verification of measurement and carving and marking
Cancellation of carving and marking note
Registration and refusal of registration of a ship
Issue of certificate of registry
Temporary registration documents for fishing vessels
Period of registration
Documents to be retained by the Registrar
Renewal notices and time limit for renewal
Application for renewal of registration
Evidence of title on registration of transfer of ship
Form of bill of sale
Registration of transfer of a ship
Evidence of title on transmission of a registered ship
Declaration of eligibility on transfer or transmission
Refusal of registration of transfer or transmission
Notification of changes of ownership etc.
(1) Where there is any transfer or transmission of a...
Change in registered particulars of ship
Change of name
Transfer of port of choice
Re-marking of ship
Registration of changes of name or port of choice
Removal from the Register
Form of mortgage
Registration of mortgage
Notices by intending mortgagees: priority notices
Evidence of transmission of mortgage.
Transfer or transmission of registered mortgage
Discharge of mortgages
Effect of termination of registration on registered mortgage
Provisional registration
Application for provisional registration
Scrutiny of particulars of eligibility
Period of provisional registration
Certificate of provisional registration
Provisional registration not to be renewed
Condition of provisional registration for fishing vessels
Transfer of registration to relevant British possession
Transfer of registration from relevant British possession
Transfer within the Register
Qualification and entitlement for registration of bareboat charter ships other than fishing vessels
Qualification and entitlement for registration of a fishing vessel as a bareboat charter ship
Appointment of representative person
Dispensations for the bareboat charterers of fishing vessels
Applications
Names
Allocation of identifying number; port of choice and port numbers
Marking
Inspection of marks etc
Registration
Period of registration
Notification of changes
Application of other regulations to this Part
Notification to foreign registries by Registrar
Closure of bareboat charter ship’s registration by the Registrar
Suspension from the Register
Suspension under a Certificate of Permission
Application for Certificate of Permission
Conditions for Certificate of Permission
Removal of Marking
Format and Duration of Certificate
Cancellation of Certificate of Registry
Renewal of Certificate of Permission
Amendment of Certificate of Permission
Cancellation
Revocation
Restoration of Registration
Removal of an Entry Relating to a Suspended Ship from the Register
Qualification and entitlement to be registered as a small ship on Part III of the Register
Persons qualified to be the owners of a small ship to be registered on Part III of the Register
British connection
Disapplication of Schedule I to the Act in respect of small ships
Applications
Details to be registered and refusal
Certificate of registry
Marking
Period of registration
Renewal
Notification of changes of ownership etc.
Supplementary information-production of ship
Termination of registration
Service of notices
Copy of notice to be sent to mortgagee
Documents not in the English language to be accompanied by a translation
Witnessing of documents
Dispensing with declarations
Copies of documents
Requirement for supplementary information
Fees
Duplicate certificates
Custody of certificate
Surrender of certificate on termination or expiry of registration
Dispensing with production of certificate
Status of a Part II certificate under Sea Fisheries legislation
Removal of marks on cessation of registration
Transfers etc. where tonnage not in accordance with ITC 69
Review
Offences
Definitions for this Part
Validity of old certificates
Continuation in force of old certificates
Registered information
Issue of new certificates of registry
Advertisement rather than renewal notice
Applications for registration made before commencement of these Regulations
Managing owners for fishing vessels
Any reference in any Act other than the Act or...
Official guidance
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- Tonnage Tax (HMRC) (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
- MCA: ship inspections and surveys (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
- UK Ship Register (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
Enforcement and responsible bodies
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Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Maritime safety regulator responsible for implementing UK and international maritime law. Provides 24-hour search and rescue coordination. Issues certifications for ships and …
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