{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ministry-of-defence-ships-order-1989/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1991",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Ministry of Defence Ships) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ministry-of-defence-ships-order-1989",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Regulations for Registry",
  "text": "An application for registry of a Ministry of Defence ship shall be made in writing under the hand of an Under Secretary of State of the Ministry of Defence to a registrar of British ships. Such application 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 said ship, whether by original construction by or for the Ministry of Defence, or by purchase, capture, condemnation, or otherwise, and a list of the documents of title, if any, in case she was not originally constructed by or for the Ministry of Defence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1991/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:35:40.390490+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."
}