Amendment to the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 19937

After regulation 105 insert—

Copies of documents105A

1

Where any document listed in paragraph (2) is to be provided by or to the Registrar, the Registrar may provide or receive a copy of that document, including a copy provided or received by means of an electronic communication.

2

The documents referred to in paragraph (1) are—

a

a transcript of the entries in the Register referred to in regulation 2(3);

b

an appointment of a representative person referred to in regulation 18(4)(a);

c

a certified extract in respect of the ship referred to in regulation 22(2)7;

d

proof of incorporation in accordance with the laws of a foreign country referred to in regulation 24(b)8;

e

a certificate from the one of the Registrars of Companies referred to in regulation 24(c);

f

a builder’s certificate referred to in regulation 28(1)(a)9 or 59(4)(e);

g

a bill of sale referred to in regulation 28(1)(b) and regulation 43(1);

h

a certificate of survey or measurement specifying a ship’s tonnage and build referred to in regulation 29(3)10, regulation 51(3)11, regulation 82(1)(b) and regulation 113A(1)12;

i

a carving and marking note referred to in regulation 31(2)13, regulation 33, regulation 35 and regulation 8014;

j

a certificate of permanent defacement referred to in regulation 31(4);

k

a renewal notice referred to in regulation 4115 or regulation 83(2)16;

l

a grant of representation or an extract from that grant in regulation 46(2)(a) or regulation 60(b)(i);

m

such evidence of proof of title referred to in regulation 46(2)(b) or regulation 60(b)(ii);

n

a signed notification referred to in regulation 4917, regulation 84 or regulation 9818;

o

a marking note referred to in regulation 52(2), regulation 53(3), regulation 54 and regulation 72;

p

a copy of certificate of registry, and any other document evidencing registration referred to in regulation 59(4)(d);

q

an instrument of transfer of a registered mortgage in regulation 6119;

r

a mortgage deed referred to in regulation 62(1);

s

a certificate of registry or other document referred to in regulation 77(3)(c);

t

a notarised translation in the English language of any other document, as referred to in regulation 103.

3

For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

  • “electronic communication” means a communication transmitted (whether from one person to another, from one device to another or from a person to a device or vice versa)—

    1. i

      by means of an electronic communications network; or

    2. ii

      by other means but while in electronic form; and

  • “electronic communications network” has the meaning set out in section 32(1) of the Communications Act 200320.