# The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Tonnage Amendment) Regulations 1998, Regulation 8


After regulation 56(2) there shall be inserted a new paragraph (2A) as follows—
“(2A) Where the Registrar terminates registration under paragraph (1)(i) above he shall issue a closure transcript—
(a) in the case of fishing vessels of 24m or more in length, having effect on or, as the case may be, after 1st January 1999;
(b) in the case of fishing vessels to which Part IIA of the Tonnage Regulations apply, having effect on or, as the case may be, after the date on which that Part applies to them.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1915/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-of-ships-tonnage-amendment-regulations-1998/regulation-8
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