PART 9Transitional provision and consequential amendments

Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 199346

1

Regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation) of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 199316 is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph (2)—

a

in the definition of “relevant provisions of the sanctions regulations”—

i

at the end of paragraph (a), omit “or”;

ii

at the end of paragraph (b), insert “or”;

iii

after paragraph (b) insert—

c

regulation 29J(1) (registration of ships in the United Kingdom) of the Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019;

b

in the definition of “termination directions”—

i

at the end of paragraph (a), omit “or”;

ii

at the end of paragraph (b), insert “or”;

iii

after paragraph (b), insert—

c

regulation 29J(2) (registration of ships in the United Kingdom) of the Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019;