{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-categorisation-of-registries-of-relevant-british-possessions-amendment-order-2008",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-categorisation-of-registries-of-relevant-british-possessions-amendment-order-2008.json",
  "id": "uksi/2008/1243",
  "title": "The Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) (Amendment) Order 2008",
  "short_title": "Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) 2008",
  "long_title": "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.",
  "citation": "S.I. 2008/1243",
  "type": "uksi",
  "year": "2008",
  "number": "1243",
  "version": "current",
  "date": "2008-05-07",
  "revised": false,
  "valid_from": null,
  "extent": null,
  "unapplied_effects": 0,
  "provisions": [
    {
      "path": "introduction",
      "kind": "introduction",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Introductory text",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-categorisation-of-registries-of-relevant-british-possessions-amendment-order-2008/introduction",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "article/1",
      "kind": "article",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": "Citation and commencement",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-categorisation-of-registries-of-relevant-british-possessions-amendment-order-2008/article-1",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "article/2",
      "kind": "article",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": "Amendment to the Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) Order 2003",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-categorisation-of-registries-of-relevant-british-possessions-amendment-order-2008/article-2",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "signature",
      "kind": "signature",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Signature",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-categorisation-of-registries-of-relevant-british-possessions-amendment-order-2008/signature",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "note",
      "kind": "note",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Explanatory note",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-categorisation-of-registries-of-relevant-british-possessions-amendment-order-2008/note",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    }
  ],
  "has_text": true,
  "pdfs": [
    {
      "title": "Printed copy",
      "main": true,
      "language": null,
      "date": "2008-05-14",
      "size": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-categorisation-of-registries-of-relevant-british-possessions-amendment-order-2008/pdf/uksi_20081243_en.pdf",
      "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1243/pdfs/uksi_20081243_en.pdf"
    },
    {
      "title": "Explanatory Memorandum",
      "main": false,
      "language": null,
      "date": "2008-05-14",
      "size": null,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-categorisation-of-registries-of-relevant-british-possessions-amendment-order-2008/pdf/uksiem_20081243_en.pdf",
      "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1243/pdfs/uksiem_20081243_en.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "made_under": [
    {
      "id": "ukpga/1995/21",
      "title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1995",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995",
      "provisions": [
        "section/18"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "changes_made_to": 0,
  "changes_made_to_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-categorisation-of-registries-of-relevant-british-possessions-amendment-order-2008/changes.json",
  "changes_made_by": 1,
  "changes_made_by_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-categorisation-of-registries-of-relevant-british-possessions-amendment-order-2008/changes/by-it.json",
  "instruments_made_under": 0,
  "instruments_made_under_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-categorisation-of-registries-of-relevant-british-possessions-amendment-order-2008/instruments.json",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1243",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:31:10.738648+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}