# The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993, Regulation 101: Service of notices

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

(1) Where it appears to the Registrar that regulation 56(1)(aa), (ab), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g) (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m) or (n) (Removal from the Register) or 87(1)(b), (ba), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) or (j) (Closure of bareboat charter ship’s registration by the Registrar) or 87K(1) apply he may serve notice on the owner or managing owner, or on any charterer, manager or operator of the ship requiring him to produce, within 30 days, evidence, which may include a declaration of British connection, sufficient to satisfy him that the ship is eligible to remain on the Register or should not have the certificate of permission in respect of it revoked.
(2) If at the expiry of that period of 30 days the Registrar is not so satisfied, he may:—
(a) extend the notice and ask for further information or evidence, or
(b) serve a final notice which closes the ship’s registration or revokes its certificate of permission, such closure or revocation to take effect 7 days after the service of that notice.
(3) Where a ship’s registration is terminated under paragraph (2) the Registrar shall issue a closure transcript and the owner of the ship shall forthwith surrender its certificate of registry.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3138/regulation/101 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-of-ships-regulations-1993/regulation-101
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