Persons qualified to be the owners of a small ship to be registered on Part III of the RegisterU.K.
89. The following persons are entitled to be the owners of a small ship to be registered on Part III 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 are British subjects;
(e)persons who under the Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986 are British Nationals (Overseas); F2...
(f)Commonwealth citizens not falling within those paragraphs [F3; and
(g)non-United Kingdom nationals who are settled in the United Kingdom]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 89(a) substituted (1.1.1999) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2976), regs. 1, 17
F2Word in reg. 89(e) 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), 25(a)
F3Reg. 89(g) and word inserted (29.3.2019) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/509), regs. 1(2), 25(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Reg. 89 applied (31.3.2023) by The Merchant Shipping (Watercraft) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/35), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 1
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