Regulation 12 EligibilityI1

United Kingdom

The following persons are qualified to be the owners of fishing vessels which are to be registered on Part II of the Register:—

F1(a)

(i)

British citizens; or

(ii)

non-United Kingdom nationals exercising their right of freedom of movement of workers or right of establishment;

F2(b)

bodies corporate—

(i)

incorporated in the United Kingdom, or

(ii)

incorporated in an EEA State with a place of business in the United Kingdom;

F3(c)

UK Economic Interest Groupings;

(d)

a local authority in the United Kingdom.

Annotations

F1: Reg. 12(a) substituted (1.1.1999) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2976), regs. 1, 5(a)
F2: Reg. 12(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1221), reg. 2(b), Sch. para. 1(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Reg. 12(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1299), regs. 1, 63(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)