1.—(1) The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation) in paragraph (2)—
(a)for the definition of “EEA Agreement” substitute—
““EEA Agreement” has the meaning given by Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978;”; and
(b)in the definition of “non-United Kingdom nationals exercising their right of freedom of movement of workers or right of establishment”—
(i)in sub-paragraph (a)—
(aa)omit “other than the United Kingdom”, and
(bb)after “their rights under Article 45 or 49 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union”, insert “ as recognised and available in domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ”, and
(ii)in sub-paragraph (b), after “their rights under Article 28 or 31 of the EEA Agreement”, insert “ as recognised and available in domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ”.
(3) In regulation 7 (persons qualified to be owners of ships to be registered on Part I of the Register), in paragraph (1)(f), for “in a EEA State”, substitute “ in the United Kingdom or in an EEA State ”.
(4) In regulation 12 (eligibility), for paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b)bodies corporate—
(i)incorporated in the United Kingdom, or
(ii)incorporated in an EEA State with a place of business in the United Kingdom;”.
(5) In regulation 15 (dispensations) in paragraph (1)(a) omit “other than the United Kingdom”.
(6) In regulation 24 (applications by bodies corporate) in paragraph (b)(i) omit “other than the United Kingdom”.
(7) In regulation 36 (registration and refusal of registration of a ship) omit paragraph (3).
(8) In Schedule 4 (details to go on the register) in paragraph 2(e), omit “other than the United Kingdom”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. para. 1 in force at 31.12.2020, see reg. 2(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)