{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-categorisation-of-registries-of-relevant-british-possessions-order-2003/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1248",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-categorisation-of-registries-of-relevant-british-possessions-order-2003",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Restrictions on registration",
  "text": "(1) Subject to regulation 6, a ship to which this Order applies, and which is subject to a restriction on registration specified in column (3) of the table in the Schedule, shall not be registered under the law of any possession assigned to category 2.\n(2) Paragraph (1) shall be without prejudice to the operation of any provision for the time being in force under the law of any such possession by virtue of which the registration of ships in that possession is, or may be, further restricted.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1248/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:24:26.676912+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."
}