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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ministry-of-defence-commercially-managed-ships-order-1992/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ministry-of-defence-commercially-managed-ships-order-1992/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/1293",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Ministry of Defence Commercially Managed Ships) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ministry-of-defence-commercially-managed-ships-order-1992",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Regulations for registry",
  "text": "An application for registry of a Ministry of Defence commercially managed ship shall be made in writing under the hand of an officer of the Ministry of Defence to a registrar of British ships and shall contain the following particulars—\n(a) a statement of the name and description of the ship;\n(b) a statement of the time when and the place where the ship was built; or, if the ship was foreign built and the time and place of building are unknown, a statement to that effect and of her foreign name;\n(c) a statement of the nature of the title to the ship, whether by original construction by or for the Ministry of Defence, or by purchase, capture, condemnation or otherwise, and, if she was not originally constructed by or for the Ministry of Defence, a list of the documents of title, if any;\n(d) a statement of the name and address of the person to whom the management of the ship has been or is to be entrusted by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1293/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:22:11.465947+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."
}