{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-1987/schedule/part-V/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-1987/schedule/part-V/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/63",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-1987",
  "path": "schedule/part/V/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Fees for Registration, Transfer and Mortgage of Ships (excluding Vessels not exceeding 10 Tons Employed Solely in Fishing) and Inspection of the Register Book",
  "text": "In this Part:\n“ship” does not include vessels not exceeding 10 tons employed solely in fishing;\n“submersible craft” means a submersible craft as defined in the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Submersible Craft) Regulations 1976.\nService\nFee\n2 —\n(1) First registry, registry anew or re-registry of a ship, or the transfer of registry of a ship from one port to another, where the ship:\ndoes not exceed 1,500 tons\n£145\nexceeds 1,500 tons\n£210\n(2) Registry of the transfer of ownership of a ship by bill of sale or by transmission, or of the mortgage of a ship or the transfer or the discharge of such a mortgage, where the ship:\ndoes not exceed 1,500 tons\n£45\nexceeds 1,500 tons\n£80\n(3) Each inspection of the register book\n£5\n(4) For the issue of a certificate of registration on the Small Ships Register, including an amended certificate or a duplicate copy of a certificate\n£10\n(5) On application to register a submersible craft\n£30",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1976/940, to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/63/schedule/part/V/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:33:55.247694+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."
}