The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1988

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I GENERAL

   1. 1. Citation, Commencement and Interpretation

3. PART II REGISTRATION

   1. 2. The Register

   2. 3. Registration to be of two kinds

   3. 4. Applications

   4. 5. The Applicant

   5. 6. Contents and Form of application

   6. 7. Change from full to simple registration subject to conditions

   7. 8. Previous certificate to accompany application

   8. 9. Evidence of title on registration of vessel

   9. 10. Evidence of title on registration of transfer of vessel

   10. 11. Form of Bill of Sale

   11. 12. Evidence of title on registration of transmission of vessel

   12. 13. Declaration of British Character to accompany application

   13. 14. Declaration of Intent

   14. 15. Form of Declaration of Intent

   15. 16. Declaration of British Character to be submitted before registration

   16. 17. Supplementary information

   17. 18. Allocation of letters and numbers

   18. 19. Marking

   19. 20. Inspection of Marks

   20. 21. Verification of measurement carving and marking

   21. 22. Cancellation of Carving and Marking Note

   22. 23. Registration

   23. 24. Issue of Certificate of Registry

   24. 25. Documents to be retained by Secretary of State

   25. 26. Registry to be for 5 years

   26. 27. Temporary registry certificate

   27. 28. Effect of temporary registry certificate

   28. 29. Duplicate certificate

   29. 30. Time for application for renewal

   30. 31. Application for renewal of registry

   31. 32. Status of Certificate etc under Sea Fisheries Legislation

   32. 33. Notification of changes in ownership etc.

   33. 34. Change in ownership of registered vessel

   34. 35. Change in registered particulars of vessel

   35. 36. Transfer of port

   36. 37. Re-marking of vessel

   37. 38. Re-registration at new port

4. PART III MORTGAGES

   1. 39. Form of Mortgages

   2. 40. Evidence of transmission of mortgage

   3. 41. Subsisting mortgages on vessels no longer registered

   4. 42. Subsisting mortgages on fishing vessels registered anew

   5. 43. Priority of subsisting mortgages

   6. 44. Deletion of registered mortgages

   7. 45. Mortgages transferred to Part I register

   8. 46. Priority of transferred mortgages

   9. 47. Notice of intended mortgage

5. PART IV PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION

   1. 48. Provisional Registration

   2. 49. Application for provisional registration

   3. 50. Scrutiny of particulars of eligibility

   4. 51. Period of provisional registry

   5. 52. Certificate of provisional registry

   6. 53. Condition of provisional registry

   7. 54. Provisional registration not to be renewed

6. PART V MISCELLANEOUS

   1. 55. Copy of notice under section 16(1) or (4) of the Act (termination) to go to mortgagee

   2. 56. Surrender of Certificates

   3. 57. Exclusion

   4. 58. Witnesses of documents

   5. 59. Dispensing with production of certificate

   6. 60. Application of Part I of the 1894 Act

   7. 61. Transcripts of the Register

   8. 62. Inspection of the Register

   9. 63. Fees

   10. 64. Registrars of British ships to transmit information

7. PART VI OFFENCES

   1. 65. Offences

8. PART VII TRANSFERS TO THE NEW REGISTER

   1. 66. Transitional period

   2. 67. Applications for transfer

   3. 68. Form of Application

   4. 69. Kind of registration to depend on type of existing registration

   5. 70. Registration of vessel

   6. 71. Carving of RSS number

   7. 72. Registration where title inadequately proved

   8. 73. Certificate of Registry

   9. 74. Registry may be for less than 5 years

   10. 75. Temporary Registry

   11. 76. Noting of existing unregistered mortgages

   12. 77. Noting not to give any priority

   13. 78. Mortgagee to be informed

   14. 79. Removal of a note on application

   15. 80. Removal of note on renewal of registration

9. Signature

10. SCHEDULES

    1. Schedule 1

       Part I, particulars of vessel and applicant Part II, details of previous registry

    2. Schedule 2

       Forms of Declaration of Ownership

    3. Schedule 3

       Ports of registry and port letters

    4. Schedule 4

       Marking and Carving

    5. Schedule 5

       Particulars to be recorded on a certificate of registry

    6. Schedule 6

       Provisions of Part I of the 1894 Act applied to fishing vessels

11. Explanatory Note