PART XIVTRANSITIONALS

Issue of new certificates of registryI1118

1

Notwithstanding regulations 51 (Change in registered particulars of ship) and 55 (Registration of changes of name or port of choice) any certificate of registry of a ship, other than a fishing vessel, which:—

a

is issued during the F1transitional period, and

b

replaces an old certificate of registry

shall be valid for a period of five years from the date of issue.

2

Any duplicate certificate issued to a ship including a small ship under regulation 108 (Duplicate certificate) during the F2transitional period shall be a certificate issued in accordance with these Regulations and:—

a

for ships F4..., shall be valid for a period of five years from the date of issue; and

b

for F5... small ships shall expire on the date that the old certificate would have expired.

3

a

The Registrar may, subject to (b) below, during the F3transitional period, at his discretion replace a ship’s old certificate with a new certificate of registry which shall be valid for a period of five years from the date of issue.

b

Any such new certificate issued in respect of a fishing vessel shall expire on the date that the old certificate would have expired.