{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-categorisation-of-registries-of-relevant-british-possessions-amendment-order-2008/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1243",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) (Amendment) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-categorisation-of-registries-of-relevant-british-possessions-amendment-order-2008",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment to the Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) Order 2003",
  "text": "For the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) Order 2003 substitute–\n“SCHEDULE\nCategories of registry and assignment of relevant British possessions\nArticle 6\n(1)\nDesignation of category\n(2)\nCategory\n(3)\nRestrictions\n(4)\nRelevant British Possessions\n1: Unlimited tonnage, type and length\nRegistry to which no restriction such as is mentioned in section 18(2)(a) of the Merchant shipping Act 1995 applies\nBermuda\nBritish Virgin Islands\nCayman Islands\nGibraltar\nIsle of Man\n2: Limited type and tonnage\nRegistry in which ships may be registered, subject to the restrictions specified in column (3)\nThe following types of ships may not be registered:\n(i) passenger ships,\n(ii) pleasure vessels of more than 150 tons, and\n(iii) ships which are not passenger ships or pleasure vessels, but which are of more than 150 tons\nAnguilla\nFalkland Islands\nGuernsey\nJersey\nMontserrat\nSt. Helena\nTurks and Caicos Islands\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/1248, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1243/article/2",
    "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."
}