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Regulation 39 Period of registrationI1

United Kingdom

F1Subject to F2regulation 87L(6) and regulation 116 the registration of a ship shall, unless terminated under these Regulations, be valid for a period of 5 years beginning with the date of registration specified in the certificate of registry and shall expire at the end of that period unless it is renewed in accordance with regulation 42 (Application for renewal of registration).

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Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 39 inserted (1.1.1999) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2976), regs. 1, 10

F2

Words in reg. 39 inserted (29.3.2019) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/509), regs. 1(2), 13

Commencement

I1

Reg. 39 in force at 21.3.1994, see reg. 1(1)