Regulation 29J Registration of ships in the United KingdomF1

(1)

The Registrar must refuse to register a ship if, on the basis of the information given to the Registrar by the Secretary of State or accompanying the application for registration, the ship appears to the Registrar to be owned, controlled, chartered or operated by—

(a)

a designated person; or

(b)

a person connected with Belarus.

(2)

The Secretary of State may direct the Registrar to terminate the registration of—

(a)

a ship that is owned, controlled, chartered or operated by;

(i)

a designated person;

(ii)

a person connected with Belarus; or

(b)

a specified ship.

(3)

For the purposes of this regulation—

(a)

any reference to registering a ship is to registering the ship in the register of British ships maintained by the Registrar;

(b)

“designated person” means a person who is designated under regulation 5 for the purposes of this regulation;

(c)

a ship is “chartered” by a person if it is chartered on bareboat charter terms within the meaning given by section 17(11) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 5B inserted (5.7.2022) by The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/748), regs. 1(2), 28