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7.—(1) The following persons are qualified to be the owners of ships which are to be registered on Part I of the Register:—
[F1(a)(i)British citizens; or
(ii)non-United Kingdom nationals exercising their right of freedom of movement of workers or right of establishment;]
(b)British Dependent Territories citizens;
(c)British Overseas citizens;
(d)persons who under the British Nationality Act 1981(1) are British subjects:
(e)persons who under the Hong kong (British Nationality) Order 1986(2) are British Nationals (Overseas);
(f)bodies corporate incorporated in a [F2EEA State];
(g)bodies corporate incorporated in any relevant British possession and having their principal place of business in the United Kingdom or in any such possession; and
(h)European Economic Interest Groupings being groupings formed in pursuance of Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No.2137/85(3) and registered in the United Kingdom.
(2) A person who is not qualified under paragraph (1) to be the owner [F3of a ship registered on Part I of the Register] may nevertheless be one of the owners of such a ship if:
(a)a majority interest in the ship (within the meaning of regulation 8) is owned by persons who are [F4so qualified under paragraph (1)], and
(b)the ship is registered on Part I of the Register.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 7(1)(a) substituted (1.1.1999) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2976), regs. 1, 4(a)
F2Words in reg. 7(1)(f) substituted (1.1.1999) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2976), regs. 1, 4(b)
F3Words in reg. 7(2) substituted (21.3.1994) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/541), regs. 1, 3(a)
F4Words in reg. 7(2)(a) substituted (21.3.1994) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/541), regs. 1, 3(b)
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