Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force on 29th March 2019.

Regulations 3(a)(i), (iii) and (iv), and (b), 6(a), 8, 9, 11, 12, 14 to 22, 24, 26 to 28 and 29(a)(i) and (ii) come into force on exit day.

In these Regulations “exit day” has the same meaning as in section 20(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018^f1.