PART IIIQUALIFICATION AND ENTITLEMENT FOR REGISTRATION ON PART I OF THE REGISTER
Persons qualified to be owners of ships to be registered on Part I of the RegisterI17
1
The following persons are qualified to be the owners of ships which are to be registered on Part I of the Register:—
F3a
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 19815 are British subjects:
e
persons who under the Hong kong (British Nationality) Order 19866 are British Nationals (Overseas);
f
bodies corporate incorporated in a F4EEA 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.2137/857 and registered in the United Kingdom.
2
A person who is not qualified under paragraph (1) to be the owner F1of 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 F2so qualified under paragraph (1), and
b
the ship is registered on Part I of the Register.