{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-of-ships-regulations-1993/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-of-ships-regulations-1993/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/3138",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-of-ships-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Form of application",
  "text": "(1) Every application made under these Regulations shall be made to the Registrar at the General Registry of Shipping and Seamen .... Applications in respect of fishing vessels may also be made through a local office.\n(2) The application shall be made in a form approved by the Secretary of State and shall contain the name and address of the applicant and sufficient information to enable the ship to be identified.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(1) omitted (1.1.1999) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2976), regs. 1, 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 20 applied (with modifications) (31.3.2023) by The Merchant Shipping (Watercraft) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/35), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 20 in force at 21.3.1994, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3138/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:44:37.150051+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}