Regulation 7 Persons qualified to be owners of ships to be registered on Part I of the RegisterI1

British Dependent Territories citizens;

British Overseas citizens;

persons who under the British Nationality Act 1981^f1 are British subjects:

persons who under the Hong kong (British Nationality) Order 1986^f2 are British Nationals (Overseas);

Commonwealth citizens;

citizens of a country listed in Schedule 6;

non-United Kingdom nationals who are settled in the United Kingdom;

bodies corporate incorporated in a Commonwealth state;

bodies corporate incorporated in a country listed in Schedule 6;

bodies corporate incorporated F3in the United Kingdom or in an EEA State ;

bodies corporate incorporated in any relevant British possession F4...; and

UK Economic Interest Groupings.

a majority interest in the ship (within the meaning of regulation 8) is owned by persons who are F7so qualified under paragraph (1), and

the ship is registered on Part I of the Register.