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The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993
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- 1993 No. 3138
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- Regulation 36
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Registration and refusal of registration of a shipU.K.
36.—(1) Where a Registrar is satisfied in respect of an application that:—
(a)the ship is eligible to be registered as a British ship; and
(b)the ship has been duly carved and marked and that the appropriate survey or measuring certificate has been provided, and
(c)the particulars of the ship furnished to him are correct, and
(d)title to the ship has been adequately proved (where necessary), and
(e)the relevant requirements of these Regulations have been complied with,
he shall, subject to [F1the relevant provisions of the sanctions regulations and] paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) register the ship by entering in the Register the particulars of the ship and its owners specified in Schedule 4.
(2) The Registrar may refuse to register any fishing vessel if he is not satisfied that there is in force in respect of the vessel any certificate required to be so in force by virtue of section 4 of the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Act 1970(1).
F2(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) If the Registrar is not satisfied as mentioned in paragraph (1) he shall, subject to regulation 106 (Requirement for supplementary information), refuse the application.
(5) Notwithstanding that a ship is otherwise entitled to be registered, the Registrar may refuse to register it if, taking into account any requirement of the Merchant Shipping Acts (including any instrument made under them) relating to the condition of the ship or its equipment so far as it is relevant to its safety or to any risk of pollution or to the safety, health and welfare of persons employed or engaged in any capacity on board the ship, he considers that it would be inappropriate for the ship to be registered.
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F1Words in reg. 36(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/509), regs. 1(3), 12; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Reg. 36(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1221), reg. 2(b), Sch. para. 1(7); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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