Extension to fishing vessels to be registered2

It is hereby directed that—

a

the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 specified in column 1 of Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations; and

b

the provisions of the Regulations made under that Act specified in column 1 of Part II of the Schedule;

shall extend to ships of the following descriptions, that is to say, sea-going fishing vessels—

i

which are to be treated as British owned within the meaning of section 14 of the Merchant Shipping Act 19884 ; and

ii

which are eligible to be registered under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 but are not registered, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere;

and to masters and seamen employed in them, with such exceptions, adaptations or modifications (if any) as are specified in column 2 of that Schedule.