# The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993, Regulation 7: Persons qualified to be owners of ships to be registered on Part I of the Register

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

(1) The following persons are qualified to be the owners of ships which are to be registered on Part I of the Register:—
(a) (i) British citizens; or
(ii) non-United Kingdom nationals exercising their right of freedom of movement of workers or right of establishment;
(b) British Dependent Territories citizens;
(c) British Overseas citizens;
(d) persons who under the British Nationality Act 1981 are British subjects:
(e) persons who under the Hong kong (British Nationality) Order 1986 are British Nationals (Overseas);
(ea) Commonwealth citizens;
(eb) citizens of a country listed in Schedule 6;
(ec) non-United Kingdom nationals who are settled in the United Kingdom;
(ed) bodies corporate incorporated in a Commonwealth state;
(ee) bodies corporate incorporated in a country listed in Schedule 6;
(f) bodies corporate incorporated in the United Kingdom or in an EEA State ;
(g) bodies corporate incorporated in any relevant British possession ...; and
(h) UK Economic Interest Groupings.
(2) A person who is not qualified under paragraph (1) to be the owner of a ship registered on Part I of the Register may nevertheless be one of the owners of such a ship if:
(a) a majority interest in the ship (within the meaning of regulation 8) is owned by persons who are so qualified under paragraph (1), and
(b) the ship is registered on Part I of the Register.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3138/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-of-ships-regulations-1993/regulation-7
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