Refusal of registration of transfer or transmissionU.K.
48.—(1) If on an application for transfer or transmission of a ship or shares in a ship the Registrar is not satisfied that the ship is eligible to be registered:—
(a)the Registrar shall serve a notice under paragraph (2) on the owner of the ship, and
(b)the ship’s registration shall terminate by virtue of this paragraph at the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the date of the service of that notice.
(2) A notice under this paragraph shall state:—
(a)that the Registrar is not satisfied that the vessel in question is eligible to be registered, and
(b)that the ship’s registration will accordingly terminate by virtue of paragraph (1) at the end of the period referred to in that paragraph.
[F1(3) If, on an application for transfer or transmission of a ship or shares in a ship, the Registrar is satisfied that the ship is a sanctioned ship—
(a)the Registrar must serve a notice on the owner of the ship in accordance with paragraph (4), and
(b)the ship’s registration terminates at the end of the day on which that notice is served.
(4) The notice must state that the ship’s registration terminates under paragraph (3) at the end of the day on which the notice is served.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 48(3)(4) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/509), regs. 1(3), 16; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Commencement Information