The Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) Order 2003

Exemptions from restrictions on registration

6.—(1) In relation to a relevant British possession assigned to category 2, a ship is exempted from the restrictions on registration in column (3) of the table in the Schedule, in the following circumstances.

(2) The circumstances are that:

(a) the ship is:

(i) a passenger ship which is not intended for, and is not used on, international voyages,

(ii) a pleasure vessel of less than 400 tons, or

(iii) a ship of such importance in the special local circumstances that the Secretary of State, with the advice of the Governor or Lieutenant Governor, as the case may be, is satisfied that it would not be appropriate for that ship to be registered elsewhere than in the relevant British possession;

and

(b) there are in force arrangements between the Secretary of State and the Governor or the Lieutenant Governor, as the case may be, that any ship to which sub-paragraph (a) applies will be surveyed and inspected to the standards of regulations, relating to the safety of ships and persons on them and to the protection of health of persons on them and to the prevention of pollution, that would apply to the ship if it were registered in the United Kingdom, to the extent set out in the arrangements.

(3) For the purposes of this article, “international voyage” means a voyage from a port in a country or relevant British possession to a port outside that country or possession.