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The Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (Unregistered Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1991

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Extension to fishing vessels to be registered

2.  It is hereby directed that—

(a)the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 specified in column 1 of Part I of the Schedule to these Regulations; and

(b)the provisions of the Regulations made under that Act specified in column 1 of Part II of the Schedule;

shall extend to ships of the following descriptions, that is to say, sea-going fishing vessels—

(i)which are to be treated as British owned within the meaning of section 14 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988(1) ; and

(ii)which are eligible to be registered under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 but are not registered, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere;

and to masters and seamen employed in them, with such exceptions, adaptations or modifications (if any) as are specified in column 2 of that Schedule.

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