The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1988

Notice of intended mortgage

47.  A person who is an intending mortgagee under a proposed mortgage of a fishing vessel or of a share in any such vessel, and desires that interest to be recorded pursuant to paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 of the Act, may give notice to the Secretary of State of his intention to register a mortgage. The notice shall be in a form approved by the Secretary of State and shall contain the following particulars:—

(a) if the vessel is a registered vessel, the name, RSS number and Port Letters and Number of the vessel, the name, address and signature of the intending mortgagor, and the number of shares to be mortgaged, and the name and address of the intending mortgagee;

(b) if the vessel is not for the time being a registered vessel:—

(i) the present name of the vessel;

(ii) the intended name of the vessel;

(iii) the intended port of registry;

(iv) the approximate length of the vessel;

(v) where the vessel is registered outside the United Kingdom a copy of its Certificate of Registry or other document evidencing that registration and giving its port of registry and its registered port letters and numbers, if any;

(vi) where the vessel is a new vessel, the builder’s certificate or, if that is not available, the name and address of the builder and the vessel’s yard number;

(vii) where the vessel is neither a new vessel nor a registered vessel, details of any permanent marks thereon which enable the vessel to be clearly identified;

(viii) the name, address and signature of the intending mortgagor, the number of shares to be mortgaged, and the name and address of the intending mortgagee.