# The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993, Regulation 89: Persons qualified to be the owners of a small ship to be registered on Part III of the Register

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

The following persons are entitled to be the owners of a small ship to be registered on Part III 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); ...
(f) Commonwealth citizens not falling within those paragraphs ; and
(g) non-United Kingdom nationals who are settled in the United Kingdom

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3138/regulation/89 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-of-ships-regulations-1993/regulation-89
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