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);
[F2(ea)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 [F3in the United Kingdom or in an EEA State] ;
(g)bodies corporate incorporated in any relevant British possession F4...; and
[F5(h)UK Economic Interest Groupings.]
(2) A person who is not qualified under paragraph (1) to be the owner [F6of 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 [F7so 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)
F2Reg. 7(1)(ea)-(ee) inserted (29.3.2019) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/509), regs. 1(2), 5(a)
F3Words in reg. 7(1)(f) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1221), reg. 2(b), Sch. para. 1(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in reg. 7(1)(g) omitted (29.3.2019) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/509), regs. 1(2), 5(b)
F5Reg. 7(1)(h) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Economic Interest Grouping (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1299), regs. 1, 63(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words 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)
F7Words 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)
Commencement Information
S.I. 1986/948.