# The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Sierra Leone Government Ships) Order 1951, Note: Explanatory note


This Order makes provision for the registration of Sierra Leone Government ships as British ships for the purposes of the Merchant Shipping Acts.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1951/143/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-of-sierra-leone-government-ships-order-1951/note
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