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are not available there.
(See Part VI). The Registrar
General in the UK will have discretion to allow registration
in other cases, for example British Overseas Citizens, British
Subjects without citizenship or Citizens of the Irish Republic
resident in the UK. Dependent Territory Governments could
have the same discretion or set their own conditions in the
light of local circumstances.
b) Bodies corporate established in the UK, Channel
Islands, Isle of Man, or one of the overseas
Dependent Territories and having their principal
place of business in those countries.
To provide for effective jurisdiction over ships, the intention
is that registration in any of these countries will be restricted
(in the case of corporate ownership) to companies established
and having their principal place of business in that country.
It follows that transfer of registry from one country to
another in the British register will entail the transfer of
the shipowning company to, or the use of a subsidiary in the
new country of registry. The Government's sole concern in
proposing these changes is to ensure that legislation can be
effectively enforced by the country of registry on its ships.
19. There will be no change to the arrangements for ships
under 24 metres in length (excluding fishing vessels and
submersibles) whereby any Commonwealth citizens ordinarily
resident in the UK or in the Channel Islands as the case
may be have access to the Small Ships Registers set up under
the Merchant Shipping Act 1983.
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