# Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993 (repealed 1.1.1996), Paragraph 13

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In section 9 of the British Fishing Boats Act 1983 (definitions)—
(a) for the definition of “British fishing boat” there shall be substituted the following definition—
““British fishing boat” means a fishing boat which either is registered in the United Kingdom under the Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993 or is wholly British-owned”; and
(b) in the appropriate place there shall be inserted the following definition—
““wholly British-owned” means wholly owned by persons qualified to own British ships for the purposes of the Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/22/schedule/2/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-etc-act-1993-repealed-111996/schedule-2/paragraph-13
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