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
i
j
a certificate of permanent defacement referred to in regulation 31(4);
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);
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)—
- i
by means of an electronic communications network; or
- 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.