# The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993, Regulation 105A: Copies of documents


(1) Where any document listed in paragraph (2) is to be provided by or to the Registrar, the Registrar may provide or receive a copy of that document, including a copy provided or received by means of an electronic communication.
(2) The documents referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(a) a transcript of the entries in the Register referred to in regulation 2(3);
(b) an appointment of a representative person referred to in regulation 18(4)(a);
(c) a certified extract in respect of the ship referred to in regulation 22(2);
(d) proof of incorporation in accordance with the laws of a foreign country referred to in regulation 24(b);
(e) a certificate from the one of the Registrars of Companies referred to in regulation 24(c);
(f) a builder’s certificate referred to in regulation 28(1)(a) or 59(4)(e);
(g) a bill of sale referred to in regulation 28(1)(b) and regulation 43(1);
(h) a certificate of survey or measurement specifying a ship’s tonnage and build referred to in regulation 29(3), regulation 51(3), regulation 82(1)(b) and regulation 113A(1);
(i) a carving and marking note referred to in regulation 31(2), regulation 33, regulation 35 and regulation 80;
(j) a certificate of permanent defacement referred to in regulation 31(4);
(k) a renewal notice referred to in regulation 41 or regulation 83(2);
(l) a grant of representation or an extract from that grant in regulation 46(2)(a) or regulation 60(b)(i);
(m) such evidence of proof of title referred to in regulation 46(2)(b) or regulation 60(b)(ii);
(n) a signed notification referred to in regulation 49, regulation 84 or regulation 98;
(o) a marking note referred to in regulation 52(2), regulation 53(3), regulation 54 and regulation 72;
(p) a copy of certificate of registry, and any other document evidencing registration referred to in regulation 59(4)(d);
(q) an instrument of transfer of a registered mortgage in regulation 61;
(r) a mortgage deed referred to in regulation 62(1);
(s) a certificate of registry or other document referred to in regulation 77(3)(c);
(t) a notarised translation in the English language of any other document, as referred to in regulation 103.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—
“electronic communication” means a communication transmitted (whether from one person to another, from one device to another or from a person to a device or vice versa)—
(i)by means of an electronic communications network; or
(ii)by other means but while in electronic form; and
“electronic communications network” has the meaning set out in section 32(1) of the Communications Act 2003.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3138/regulation/105A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-of-ships-regulations-1993/regulation-105A
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