{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-home-office-ships-order-2020/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-home-office-ships-order-2020/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1551",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Home Office Ships) Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-home-office-ships-order-2020",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Termination of registration",
  "text": "(1) The registrar may terminate the registration of a Home Office ship—\n(a) on receipt of a written application by the Secretary of State, or\n(b) if the registrar considers that it would be inappropriate for the ship to remain registered taking account of the condition of the ship or its equipment so far as relevant to—\n(i) the ship’s safety,\n(ii) any risk of pollution, or\n(iii) the safety, health and welfare of any person employed or engaged in any capacity on board the ship.\n(2) Where registration is terminated under paragraph (1)(a), the registrar must issue to the Secretary of State a certified extract from the register showing—\n(a) that the entry in the register in respect of the ship has been closed,\n(b) the date of its closure, and\n(c) the registered details at the time of closure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1551/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:20:06.716238+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."
}