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The Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) (Amendment) Order 2013

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Statutory Instruments

2013 No. 1115

Merchant Shipping

The Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) (Amendment) Order 2013

Made

15th May 2013

Laid before Parliament

22nd May 2013

Coming into force

12th June 2013

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of May 2013

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 18 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) (Amendment) Order 2013 and comes into force on 12th June 2013.

Amendment of 2003 Order

2.—(1) The Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) Order 2003(2) is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (2)(a)(ii) of article 6, substitute—

(ii)a ship of no more than 400 tons, or.

Richard Tilbrook

Clerk of the Privy Council

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends article 6 (exemptions from restrictions on registration) of the Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) Order 2003. This will enable the registration in certain British Possessions of ships of no more than 400 tons, subject to certain conditions relating to survey and inspection being satisfied. A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

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