{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-etc-act-1993-repealed-111996/schedule-3/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-etc-act-1993-repealed-111996/schedule-3/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/22",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993 (repealed 1.1.1996)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-etc-act-1993-repealed-111996",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, a British ship, other than a fishing vessel, shall hoist the red ensign or other proper national colours—\n(a) on a signal being made to the ship by one of Her Majesty’s ships (including any ship under the command of a commissioned naval officer); and\n(b) on entering or leaving any foreign port; and\n(c) in the case of ships of 50 or more tons gross tonnage, on entering or leaving any British port.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (1)(c) above does not apply to a small ship (as defined in paragraph 1(2) above) registered under this Act.\n(3) In this paragraph “commissioned naval officer” has the same meaning as in paragraph 3 above.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/22/schedule/3/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:06.688625+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."
}