This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Colonial Government Ships) (Amendment) Order 1965 and shall be construed as one with the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Colonial Government Ships) Order 19631.

This Order and the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Colonial Government Ships) Order 1963 may be cited together as the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Colonial Government Ships) Orders 1963 and 1965.

This Order shall come into operation on 6th November 1965.