The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993 No. 3138

PART VIII U.K. PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION

Provisional registration U.K.

64.  Where a ship which the owner intends should be registered on Part I or Part II of the Register is outside the British Islands the owner may apply to the Registrar for provisional registration, or, if the ship is at a port outside the British Islands, the owner may alternatively apply to the appropriate person for provisional registration of the ship.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 64 in force at 21.3.1994, see reg. 1(1)

Application for provisional registration U.K.

65.  An application for provisional registration shall be in a form approved by the Secretary of State and shall be accompanied by the particulars required by regulation [F1 22(1)] (Applications for registration) and regulation 24 (Applications by bodies corporate).

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 65 substituted (21.3.1994) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/541), regs. 1, 11

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 65 in force at 21.3.1994, see reg. 1(1)

Scrutiny of particulars of eligibility U.K.

66.  Where application is made to the appropriate person he shall forward those particulars to the Registrar who shall, if he is satisfied that the ship is eligible for registration, notify the appropriate person accordingly.

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 66 in force at 21.3.1994, see reg. 1(1)

Period of provisional registration U.K.

67.  The Registrar, on being satisfied that the ship is eligible for registration, or the appropriate person on receipt of that notification (but not otherwise), may proceed to register the ship provisionally for a period of 3 months.

Commencement Information

I4 Reg. 67 in force at 21.3.1994, see reg. 1(1)

Certificate of provisional registration U.K.

68.  The Registrar, or the appropriate person, shall issue to the owner of the ship a certificate of provisional registration in a form approved by the Secretary of State.The certificate shall have the effect of a certificate of registry until:—

(a) the expiration of three months from its date of issue, or

(b) the ship’s arrival in the United Kingdom, or

(c) termination by the Registrar on request from the owner, whichever shall first occur.

Commencement Information

I5 Reg. 68 in force at 21.3.1994, see reg. 1(1)

Provisional registration not to be renewed U.K.

69.  Where a ship has been provisionally registered once, it shall not be provisionally registered again within one year of the date of the issue of the certificate of provisional registration, except with the consent of the Registrar.

Commencement Information

I6 Reg. 69 in force at 21.3.1994, see reg. 1(1)

Condition of provisional registration for fishing vessels U.K.

70.  It shall be a condition of provisional registration for fishing vessels that the vessel shall not fish for profit while so registered; and if any provisionally registered vessel does fish for profit its provisional registration shall immediately thereon terminate and the owner shall as soon as practicable surrender the certificate of provisional registry to the Registrar.

Commencement Information

I7 Reg. 70 in force at 21.3.1994, see reg. 1(1)