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The Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) (Amendment) Order 2008

S.I. 2008/1243 · Made 7 May 2008

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Merchant Shipping

Made 7th May 2008

Laid before Parliament 14th May 2008

Coming into force 4th June 2008

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 7th day of May 2008

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 18 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995f1 is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:

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Footnotes

f1

1995 c.21.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to the Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) Order 2003
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) (Amendment) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 4th June 2008.

2Amendment to the Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) Order 2003

For the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) Order 2003f1 substitute–

“SCHEDULE

Categories of registry and assignment of relevant British possessions

Article 6

(1)

Designation of category

(2)

Category

(3)

Restrictions

(4)

Relevant British Possessions
1: Unlimited tonnage, type and lengthRegistry to which no restriction such as is mentioned in section 18(2)(a) of the Merchant shipping Act 1995 applies

Bermuda

British Virgin Islands

Cayman Islands

Gibraltar

Isle of Man

2: Limited type and tonnageRegistry in which ships may be registered, subject to the restrictions specified in column (3)

The following types of ships may not be registered:

  1. (i)

    passenger ships,

  2. (ii)

    pleasure vessels of more than 150 tons, and

  3. (iii)

    ships which are not passenger ships or pleasure vessels, but which are of more than 150 tons

Anguilla

Falkland Islands

Guernsey

Jersey

Montserrat

St. Helena

Turks and Caicos Islands

”

Signature

Judith Simpson

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is made under section 18 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, which enables an Order in Council to establish categories of registry by reference to which registration of ships in the relevant British possessions may be regulated.

The Order substitutes a revised Schedule to the Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) Order 2003. The effect of the amendment is to re-classify the registry of the British Virgin Islands from Category 2 to Category 1.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this Order as it has no impact on business, charities or the voluntary sector.