The Merchant Shipping (Fishing Boats Registry) (Amendment) Order 1987

Made21st July 1987

Laid before Parliament29th July 1987

Coming into force19th August 1987

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of July 1987

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 373(5) and 738(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 18941 and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1

This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Fishing Boats Registry) (Amendment) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 19th August 1987.

2

The Merchant Shipping (Fishing Boats Registry) Order 19812 shall be amended as follows:

1

there shall be added to article 4(1) the following proviso:—

provided that the ports listed in table D in Schedule 1 shall only be ports of registry for boats registered also under Part I of the principal Act.

2

for article 4(2) the following shall be substituted:

2
The following persons (hereafter referred to as Registrars) shall be the officers appointed to carry out the work of registration and the provisions of this Order:
a
in relation to a port in the United Kingdom other than a port listed in table C in Schedule 1, the officer who is the Registrar of British Ships for that port;
b
in relation to a port listed in table C in that Schedule
i
where the boat is registered under Part I of the principal Act, the officer who is the Registrar of British Ships for that port;
ii
where the boat is not so registered, an officer of the Secretary of State for Scotland stationed at the place specified in column 3 of that table in relation to the port in question;
c
in relation to a port in the Channel Islands or Isle of Man, the officer specified in relation to that port in column 3 of table F in Schedule 1 entitled “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”.

3

for article 6(2) the following shall be substituted:—

2
The application shall be made:
a
in the case of boats registered under Part I of the principal Act, to the Registrar of British Ships of the port of registry at which the boat is so registered; and
b
in the case of boats not so registered, to the Registrar of the port of registry which is, or is nearest to, the port from which the boat will be employed;
The application shall include such information as the Registrar may reasonably require.

4

in article 16(2) for the words “3 months” there shall be substituted the words “1 month”;

5

Schedule 1 shall be replaced by the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order; and

6

the whole of Schedule 3 shall be deleted.

G.I. de DeneyClerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE

Article 2(5)

SCHEDULE IPORTS OF REGISTRY
Article 4
ENGLAND AND WALES
Table A
(1)
(2)
Ports of Registry
Distinguishing Letters
Aberystwyth
AB
Barnstaple
BE
Barrow
BW
Beaumaris
BS
Berwick-on-Tweed
BK
Bideford
BD
Blyth
BH
Boston
BN
Bridgwater
BR
Bristol
BL
Brixham
BM
Caernarvon
CO
Cardiff
CF
Cardigan
CA
Carlisle
CL
Chester
CH
Colchester
CK
Cowes
CS
Dartmouth
DH
Dover
DR
Exeter
E
Falmouth
FH
Faversham
F
Fleetwood
FD
Folkestone
FE
Fowey
FY
Gloucester
GR
Goole
GE
Great Yarmouth
YH
Grimsby
GY
Hartlepool
HL
Harwich
HH
Hull
H
Ipswich
IH
King’s Lynn
LN
Lancaster
LR
Littlehampton
LI
Liverpool
LL
Llanelly
LA
London
LO
Lowestoft
LT
Maldon
MN
Manchester
MR
Maryport
MT
Middlesbrough
MH
Milford Haven
M
Newcastle
NE
Newhaven
NN
Newport, Gwent
NT
Padstow
PW
Penzance
PZ
Plymouth
PH
Poole
PE
Portsmouth
P
Port Talbot
PT
Preston
PN
Ramsgate
R
Rochester
RR
Runcorn
RN
Rye
RX
St. Ives
SS
Salcombe
SE
Scarborough
SH
Scilly
SC
Shields. North
SN
Shields, South
SSS
Shoreham
SM
Southampton
SU
Stockton
ST
Sunderland
SD
Swansea
SA
Teignmouth
TH
Truro
TO
Weymouth
WH
Whitby
WY
Whitehaven
WA
Wisbech
WI
Workington
WO
SCOTLAND
Table B
(1)
(2)
Ports of Registry
Distinguishing Letters
Aberdeen
A
Alloa
AA
Arbroath
AH
Banff
BF
Borrowstoness
BO
Buckie
BCK
Burntisland
BU
Dundee
DE
Fraserburgh
FR
Grangemouth
GH
Granton
GN
Inverness
INS
Kirkcaldy
KY
Kirkwall
K
Leith
LH
Lerwick
LK
Methil
ML
Montrose
ME
Peterhead
PD
Wick
WK
Table C
(1)
(2)
(3)
Ports of Registry
Distinguishing Letters
Officer of the Secretary of State for Scotland, stationed at
Ballantrae
BA
Ayr
Broadford
BRD
Mallaig
Campbeltown
CN
Campbeltown
Castlebay, Barra
CY
Stornoway
Greenock
GK
Ayr
Oban
OB
Oban
Rothesay
RO
Campbeltown
Stornoway
SY
Stornoway
Tarbert, Loch Fyne
TT
Campbeltown
Ullapool
UL
Ullapool
Table D
(Applicable only to fishing boats registered under Part I of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894.)
(1)
(2)
Ports of Registry
Distinguishing Letters
Ardrossan
AD
Ayr
AR
Dumfries
DS
Glasgow
GW
NORTHERN IRELAND
Table E
(1)
(2)
Ports of Registry
Distinguishing Letters
Belfast
B
Coleraine
CE
CHANNEL ISLANDS AND ISLE OF MAN
Table F
(1)
(2)
(3)
Ports of Registry
Distinguishing Letters
Registrars
Guernsey
GU
Chief Officer of Customs and Excise
Jersey
J
Chief Officer of Customs and Excise
Castletown
CT
Officer of the Isle of Man Harbour Board (stationed at Douglas)
Douglas
DO
Officer of the Isle of Man Harbour Board
Peel
PL
Officer of the Isle of Man Harbour Board (stationed at Douglas)
Ramsey
RY
Officer of the Isle of Man Harbour Board (stationed at Douglas)

(1)	(2)
Ports of Registry	Distinguishing Letters
Aberystwyth	AB
Barnstaple	BE
Barrow	BW
Beaumaris	BS
Berwick-on-Tweed	BK
Bideford	BD
Blyth	BH
Boston	BN
Bridgwater	BR
Bristol	BL
Brixham	BM
Caernarvon	CO
Cardiff	CF
Cardigan	CA
Carlisle	CL
Chester	CH
Colchester	CK
Cowes	CS
Dartmouth	DH
Dover	DR
Exeter	E
Falmouth	FH
Faversham	F
Fleetwood	FD
Folkestone	FE
Fowey	FY
Gloucester	GR
Goole	GE
Great Yarmouth	YH
Grimsby	GY
Hartlepool	HL
Harwich	HH
Hull	H
Ipswich	IH
King’s Lynn	LN
Lancaster	LR
Littlehampton	LI
Liverpool	LL
Llanelly	LA
London	LO
Lowestoft	LT
Maldon	MN
Manchester	MR
Maryport	MT
Middlesbrough	MH
Milford Haven	M
Newcastle	NE
Newhaven	NN
Newport, Gwent	NT
Padstow	PW
Penzance	PZ
Plymouth	PH
Poole	PE
Portsmouth	P
Port Talbot	PT
Preston	PN
Ramsgate	R
Rochester	RR
Runcorn	RN
Rye	RX
St. Ives	SS
Salcombe	SE
Scarborough	SH
Scilly	SC
Shields. North	SN
Shields, South	SSS
Shoreham	SM
Southampton	SU
Stockton	ST
Sunderland	SD
Swansea	SA
Teignmouth	TH
Truro	TO
Weymouth	WH
Whitby	WY
Whitehaven	WA
Wisbech	WI
Workington	WO

(1)	(2)
Ports of Registry	Distinguishing Letters
Aberdeen	A
Alloa	AA
Arbroath	AH
Banff	BF
Borrowstoness	BO
Buckie	BCK
Burntisland	BU
Dundee	DE
Fraserburgh	FR
Grangemouth	GH
Granton	GN
Inverness	INS
Kirkcaldy	KY
Kirkwall	K
Leith	LH
Lerwick	LK
Methil	ML
Montrose	ME
Peterhead	PD
Wick	WK

(1)	(2)	(3)
Ports of Registry	Distinguishing Letters	Officer of the Secretary of State for Scotland, stationed at
Ballantrae	BA	Ayr
Broadford	BRD	Mallaig
Campbeltown	CN	Campbeltown
Castlebay, Barra	CY	Stornoway
Greenock	GK	Ayr
Oban	OB	Oban
Rothesay	RO	Campbeltown
Stornoway	SY	Stornoway
Tarbert, Loch Fyne	TT	Campbeltown
Ullapool	UL	Ullapool

(1)	(2)
Ports of Registry	Distinguishing Letters
Ardrossan	AD
Ayr	AR
Dumfries	DS
Glasgow	GW

(1)	(2)
Ports of Registry	Distinguishing Letters
Belfast	B
Coleraine	CE

(1)	(2)	(3)
Ports of Registry	Distinguishing Letters	Registrars
Guernsey	GU	Chief Officer of Customs and Excise
Jersey	J	Chief Officer of Customs and Excise
Castletown	CT	Officer of the Isle of Man Harbour Board (stationed at Douglas)
Douglas	DO	Officer of the Isle of Man Harbour Board
Peel	PL	Officer of the Isle of Man Harbour Board (stationed at Douglas)
Ramsey	RY	Officer of the Isle of Man Harbour Board (stationed at Douglas)

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Merchant Shipping (Fishing Boat Registry) Order 1981. It provides that in most cases the Registrars for ports of registry in the United Kingdom shall be the officers who are Registrars of British Ships for the ports in question. In ports listed in table C in Schedule 1 of the 1981 Order (as now amended) headed “Scotland” the Registrar is to be an officer of the Secretary of State for Scotland stationed at a specified place, except where the boat is registered under Part I of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 in which case the Registrar is to be the Registrar of British Ships. There is no alteration in the appointment of Registrars for the ports in the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.

The requirement for an application for registry to be made in a specified form is replaced by a requirement for an application to include such information as the Registrar may reasonably require. The Order also reduces from 3 months to 1 month the period within which evidence of the right of a boat to be registered, which the Secretary of State may demand, must be produced to him.