# Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993 (repealed 1.1.1996), Paragraph 9

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

In section 19(1) of the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (definitions)—
(a) for the definitions of “British fishing boat” and “foreign 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 places there shall be inserted the following definitions—
““foreign fishing boat” means any fishing boat other than a British fishing boat;”
““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/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-etc-act-1993-repealed-111996/schedule-2/paragraph-9
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