The Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (Guernsey) Order 1991

7.—(1) Without prejudice to paragraph 1 above, Schedule 1 shall have effect with the following modifications.

(2) In paragraph 2(a), for the words from “approved by” to the end of the sub-paragraph there shall be substituted “shall be any person appointed for the purpose by the States of Guernsey Board of Administration.”; and

(3) Paragraph 5(b) shall be omitted.

(4) In paragraphs 6(d) and 12(a)(i), for “the United Kingdom” there shall be substituted “the British Islands”.

(5) In paragraph 12(c), in section 21(7) as inserted thereby, sub-paragraph (a) shall be omitted.

(6) For paragraph 14 there shall be substituted:

“14.   For section 23 substitute—

Where it appears to the States of Guernsey Board of Administration that a ship is eligible to be registered as a British ship but by reason of special circumstances it would be desirable that permission should be granted to it to pass without being registered from one port in the British Islands to another, that Board may grant a pass accordingly and it shall, for the time being and within the limits therein mentioned, have the same effect as a certificate of registry.”.”

(7) In paragraph 19, in the subsection substituted thereby, for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted “the Ordinary Division of the Royal Court”.

(8) In paragraph 20, for the provisions substituted thereby there shall be substituted “the Ordinary Division of the Royal Court”.

(9) In paragraph 30, in subsection (5) of section 53A inserted thereby, for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted:

“(a) the United Kingdom;

(b) the Isle of Man;

(ba) the Bailiwick of Jersey; or”.

(10) In paragraph 36, after “(application of fees)” there shall be inserted for “Treasury” substitute “States of Guernsey Treasurer”and

(11) In paragraph 38(c), for section 64(6) as substituted thereby there shall be substituted:

“(6) In this section “the prescribed fee” means—

(a) such fee as the States of Guernsey Board of Administration may by regulations prescribe for the purposes of subsections (3)(a) and (4); or

(b) such fee as the Secretary of State may prescribe for the purposes of subsection (3)(b) by regulations made with the approval of the Treasury,

as the case may require”.

(12) Paragraph 46(b) shall be omitted.

(13) In paragraph 47(2) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted:

“(b) for the words from “High Court” to “dominions” substitute “Royal Court in the Bailiwick of Guernsey”.”.

(14) For paragraph 50 there shall be substituted the following paragraph:

“50.— (1) Omit section 88.

(2) For section 89, substitute—

89.   The States of Guernsey Board of Administration shall occupy the place of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise with regard to the performance of anything relating to the registry of a ship or of any interest in a ship registered in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.”.

(3) Omit section 90.