# The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993, Regulation 24: Applications by bodies corporate

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

Where application is made on behalf of a body corporate, the application must be accompanied by:—
(a) if it is a company registered in the United Kingdom, a copy of its certificate of incorporation, and, in the case of a company which has changed its name since incorporation, its certificates of change of name, or
(b) if it is:—
(i) a company incorporated in a ... State ..., or
(ii) a company incorporated in any relevant British possession, proof in accordance with the laws of the country of its incorporation that the company is an incorporated company,
(c) if it is a company, other than a company incorporated in the United Kingdom, with a place of business in the United Kingdom, a certificate from the Registrar of Companies in England and Wales, the Registrar of Scottish Companies or the Registrar of Northern Ireland Companies that the company is registered with him as an oversea company, and
(d) if it is a body corporate incorporated by virtue of an Act of Parliament, a Charter granted by Her Majesty, or an Act or Ordinance of a relevant British possession, proof, sufficient to satisfy the Registrar, of its incorporation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3138/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-of-ships-regulations-1993/regulation-24
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