26.  In regulation 119–

(a) in paragraph (1), for the words “five year period” there shall be substituted the words “transitional period”.

(b) for paragraph (2), there shall be substituted the following paragraph:

“(2) At least 4 months before the expiry of each date mentioned in column 2 in the table in regulation 116 or, in the case of the first entry, as soon as practicable after the coming into force of these Regulations, the Registrar shall publicise that:

(a) all certificates of registry will expire on the specified date for ships of that year of build; and

(b) application for renewal must be made in accordance with regulations 41 and 42 above.”.