Paragraph 3 I1
United Kingdom
In respect of an application to register a fishing vessel on Parts II or IV of the Register, the Registrar shall not approve the proposed name in it is:—
(a)
already the name of a vessel in its port of choice, or
(b)
a name so similar to that of a registered British fishing vessel in its port of choice as to be calculated to deceive or likely to confuse;
(c)
a name which may be confused with a distress signal;
(d)
a name which is prefixed by any letters or name which could be taken to indicate a type of ship or any other word, pre-fix or suffix which might cause confusion as to the name of the ship.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 21.3.1994, see reg. 1(1)