{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-1996/schedule/part-VII",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3243",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-1996",
  "path": "schedule/part/VII",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "VII",
  "heading": "REGISTRATION ETC OF SHIPS AND SUBMERSIBLE CRAFT",
  "text": "In this Part:–\n“ship” includes a ship registered under section 17 of the Act of 1995 (ships bareboat chartered-in), but does not include a fishing vessel within the meaning of section 313(1) of that Act;\n“submersible craft” means a submersible craft as defined in the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Submersible Craft) Regulations 1976.\nService\nFee\n1 —\n(1) Registration of a ship (including registration of a ship whose registry has expired)\n£115\n(2) Registration of transfer of ownership of a registered ship\n£69\n(3) Registration of transfer of share or shares in a registered ship\n(a) (a) one transfer\n£69\n(b) where more than one transfer in relation to a ship is lodged at the same time\nTwo transfers\n£84\nThree transfers\n£100\nFour transfers or more\n£115\n(4) Renewal of registration under regulation 42 of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993\n£46\n(5) Registration of mortgages\n(a) (a) one mortgage\n£92\n(b) where two or more mortgages of the same ship and in relation to the same loan are lodged at the same time–\ntwo mortgages\n£173\nthree mortgages\n£242\nfour mortgages\n£299\nfive mortgages or more\n£345\n(6) Registration of notice of intended mortgage\n£23\n(7) Issue of duplicate certificate\n£12\n(8) Issue of transcripts of entries in the Register relating to any one ship:\n(a) (a) for current entries\n£12\n(b) for other entries\n£23\n(9) Personal inspection of the Register\n£10\n(10) Registration of change of name of a ship\n£30\n(11) Registration of change of port of choice\n£30\n(12) Registration of change of measurement, tonnage or engine particulars recorded in the Register\n£30\n(13) Transfer to a port in a British possession\n£30\n(14) Transfer from a port in a British possession\n£100\n(15) Application to the Registrar for provisional registration of a ship\n£100\n(16) Registration of a ship following provisional registration by the Registrar\n£150\n(17) Issue of a certificate of registry for a small ship on Part II of the Register, including an amended certificate or a duplicate copy of the certificate\n£10\n(18) Issue of a transcript of entries in Part III of the Register relating to any one ship–\n(a) (a) for current entries\n£5\n(b) for other entries\n£10\n(19) Personal inspection of Part III of the Register\n£10\n(20) On application to register a submersible craft\n£32",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1976/940; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1987/306."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1993/3138, amended by S.I. 1994/541."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/302",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/302",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/531",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/1820",
      "affecting_title": "The Oil Pollution (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/3018",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Port Waste Reception Facilities) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/1923",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3243/schedule/part/VII",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:28:39.770841+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."
}