# The Merchant Shipping (Modification of Enactments) (Bareboat Charter Ships) Order 1994, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides that, in relation to ships which are registered as bareboat charter ships under section 7 of the Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993, references, however phrased, in the Merchant Shipping Acts and other enactments to the “owner” (whether of a British or of a United Kingdom ship, or of a ship registered in the United Kingdom) mean the registered charterer.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/774/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-modification-of-enactments-bareboat-charter-ships-order-1994/note
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.