The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993

[F1 Copies of documents U.K.

105A.— (1) Where any document listed in paragraph (2) is to be provided by or to the Registrar, the Registrar may provide or receive a copy of that document, including a copy provided or received by means of an electronic communication.

(2) The documents referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) a transcript of the entries in the Register referred to in regulation 2(3);

(b) an appointment of a representative person referred to in regulation 18(4)(a);

(c) a certified extract in respect of the ship referred to in regulation 22(2);

(d) proof of incorporation in accordance with the laws of a foreign country referred to in regulation 24(b);

(e) a certificate from the one of the Registrars of Companies referred to in regulation 24(c);

(f) a builder’s certificate referred to in regulation 28(1)(a) or 59(4)(e);

(g) a bill of sale referred to in regulation 28(1)(b) and regulation 43(1);

(h) a certificate of survey or measurement specifying a ship’s tonnage and build referred to in regulation 29(3), regulation 51(3), regulation 82(1)(b) and regulation 113A(1);

(i) a carving and marking note referred to in regulation 31(2), regulation 33, regulation 35 and regulation 80;

(j) a certificate of permanent defacement referred to in regulation 31(4);

(k) a renewal notice referred to in regulation 41 or regulation 83(2);

(l) a grant of representation or an extract from that grant in regulation 46(2)(a) or regulation 60(b)(i);

(m) such evidence of proof of title referred to in regulation 46(2)(b) or regulation 60(b)(ii);

(n) a signed notification referred to in regulation 49, regulation 84 or regulation 98;

(o) a marking note referred to in regulation 52(2), regulation 53(3), regulation 54 and regulation 72;

(p) a copy of certificate of registry, and any other document evidencing registration referred to in regulation 59(4)(d);

(q) an instrument of transfer of a registered mortgage in regulation 61;

(r) a mortgage deed referred to in regulation 62(1);

(s) a certificate of registry or other document referred to in regulation 77(3)(c);

(t) a notarised translation in the English language of any other document, as referred to in regulation 103.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

“electronic communication” means a communication transmitted (whether from one person to another, from one device to another or from a person to a device or vice versa)—

(i)

by means of an electronic communications network; or

(ii)

by other means but while in electronic form; and

“electronic communications network” has the meaning set out in section 32(1) of the Communications Act 2003.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 105A inserted (1.10.2017) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/879), regs. 1, 7

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Reg. 105A applied (31.3.2023) by The Merchant Shipping (Watercraft) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/35), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 1