Regulation 26

in paragraph (1), for the words “five year period” there shall be substituted the words “transitional period”.

for paragraph (2), there shall be substituted the following paragraph:

“(2)

At least 4 months before the expiry of each date mentioned in column 2 in the table in regulation 116 or, in the case of the first entry, as soon as practicable after the coming into force of these Regulations, the Registrar shall publicise that:

(a)

all certificates of registry will expire on the specified date for ships of that year of build; and

(b)

application for renewal must be made in accordance with regulations 41 and 42 above.”.