# The Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993, Article 4: Qualification as owner to continue for certain purposes


(1) Where any person—
(a) was immediately before 21st March 1994 qualified to be an owner of a British ship and, as such, was the owner or one of the owners of, or of a majority interest in, a ship registered under Part I of the 1894 Act or under section 5 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1983 (registration of small ships); but
(b) as from that date is, in consequence of regulations made under sections 2 and 3 of the 1993 Act, no longer a person qualified to be an owner of a British ship,
he shall nevertheless be treated as a person so qualified for the purposes specified in sub-paragraph (2) below.
(2) Those purposes are—
(a) the continuation in force and renewal of the ship’s registration under registration regulations made under the 1993 Act;
(b) so long as that registration continues in force, any other purposes of any statutory provision so far as having effect in relation to the ship.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3137/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-etc-act-1993-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provisions-order-1993/article-4
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