# The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1987, Paragraph 1: Fees for Registration, Transfer and Mortgage of Ships (excluding Vessels not exceeding 10 Tons Employed Solely in Fishing) and Inspection of the Register Book


In this Part:
“ship” does not include vessels not exceeding 10 tons employed solely in fishing;
“submersible craft” means a submersible craft as defined in the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Submersible Craft) Regulations 1976.
Service
Fee
2 —
(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:
does not exceed 1,500 tons
£145
exceeds 1,500 tons
£210
(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:
does not exceed 1,500 tons
£45
exceeds 1,500 tons
£80
(3) Each inspection of the register book
£5
(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
£10
(5) On application to register a submersible craft
£30

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/63/schedule/part/V/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-1987/schedule/part-V/paragraph-1
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