# The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1996, Part VII: REGISTRATION ETC OF SHIPS AND SUBMERSIBLE CRAFT


In this Part:–
“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;
“submersible craft” means a submersible craft as defined in the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Submersible Craft) Regulations 1976.
Service
Fee
1 —
(1) Registration of a ship (including registration of a ship whose registry has expired)
£115
(2) Registration of transfer of ownership of a registered ship
£69
(3) Registration of transfer of share or shares in a registered ship
(a) (a) one transfer
£69
(b) where more than one transfer in relation to a ship is lodged at the same time
Two transfers
£84
Three transfers
£100
Four transfers or more
£115
(4) Renewal of registration under regulation 42 of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993
£46
(5) Registration of mortgages
(a) (a) one mortgage
£92
(b) where two or more mortgages of the same ship and in relation to the same loan are lodged at the same time–
two mortgages
£173
three mortgages
£242
four mortgages
£299
five mortgages or more
£345
(6) Registration of notice of intended mortgage
£23
(7) Issue of duplicate certificate
£12
(8) Issue of transcripts of entries in the Register relating to any one ship:
(a) (a) for current entries
£12
(b) for other entries
£23
(9) Personal inspection of the Register
£10
(10) Registration of change of name of a ship
£30
(11) Registration of change of port of choice
£30
(12) Registration of change of measurement, tonnage or engine particulars recorded in the Register
£30
(13) Transfer to a port in a British possession
£30
(14) Transfer from a port in a British possession
£100
(15) Application to the Registrar for provisional registration of a ship
£100
(16) Registration of a ship following provisional registration by the Registrar
£150
(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
£10
(18) Issue of a transcript of entries in Part III of the Register relating to any one ship–
(a) (a) for current entries
£5
(b) for other entries
£10
(19) Personal inspection of Part III of the Register
£10
(20) On application to register a submersible craft
£32

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3243/schedule/part/VII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-regulations-1996/schedule/part-VII
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