# The Merchant Shipping (Ministry of Defence Commercially Managed Ships) Order 1992, Article 3: Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Ministry of Defence Ships) Order 1989


(1) Article 3 (interpretation) of the Merchant Shipping (Ministry of Defence Ships) Order 1989 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In the definition of “Ministry of Defence ship” after the words “other than a Ministry of Defence yacht” there shall be inserted the words “or a Ministry of Defence commercially managed ship”.
(3) After the definition of “Ministry of Defence yacht” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““Ministry of Defence commercially managed ship” means a Government ship in the service of the Ministry of Defence, the management of which is entrusted by the Secretary of State to some other person pursuant to a contract;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1293/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ministry-of-defence-commercially-managed-ships-order-1992/article-3
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