Regulation 89 Persons qualified to be the owners of a small ship to be registered on Part III of the RegisterI1 C1

United Kingdom

The following persons are entitled to be the owners of a small ship to be registered on Part III of the Register:—

F1(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); F2...

(f)

Commonwealth citizens not falling within those paragraphs F3; and

(g)

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

Annotations

F1: Reg. 89(a) substituted (1.1.1999) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2976), regs. 1, 17
F2: Word in reg. 89(e) omitted (29.3.2019) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/509), regs. 1(2), 25(a)
F3: Reg. 89(g) and word inserted (29.3.2019) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/509), regs. 1(2), 25(b)

C1: Reg. 89 applied (31.3.2023) by The Merchant Shipping (Watercraft) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/35), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 1