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);

F5ea

Commonwealth citizens;

eb

citizens of a country listed in Schedule 6;

ec

non-United Kingdom nationals who are settled in the United Kingdom;

ed

bodies corporate incorporated in a Commonwealth state;

ee

bodies corporate incorporated in a country listed in Schedule 6;

f

bodies corporate incorporated in a F4EEA State;

g

bodies corporate incorporated in any relevant British possession F6...; 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.