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

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

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

”

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2003/1248, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.