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Explanatory note

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This Order makes provision for the registration of Government ships in service of the Home Office under the direction of immigration officers or customs officers.

Articles 2 to 8 establish regulations for the registry of Home Office ships.

Article 9 provides for the application of section 105 (master’s powers of arrest) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 to registered Home Office ships without disturbing the application of any other provision of that Act in relation to such ships.