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The basic principles will need to be set out in the Act,
but many detailed sections of Part I of the 1894 Act could
be repealed and re-enacted in modern statutory form in
subordinate legislation. This new element of flexibility
would enable changes and improvements to be made in the
future without the need for primary legislation.
22. Apart from changes in the form of the legislation,
the Government intends to retain all the main features of
the existing arrangements, including the 64 share system in
the case of multiple ownership, and the arrangements for
establishing title and recording mortgages against a ship.
The central registry will continue to receive regular returns
from Dependent Territories relating to ships on their registers,
nable
to enable it to maintain a comprehensive register of all
British ships.
23. The Small Ships Registers referred to in paragraph 19
will continue to operate separately, thus offering an
alternative and simpler method of registration for eligible
ships under 24 metres in length.
V REGISTRATION OF FISHING VESSELS
24. The current arrangements for the registration of
sea fishing vessels are more complex than for merchant ships.
The essential difference is that such vessels are required
to be registered under Part IV of the 1894 Act, for which
no fee is charged and which neither conveys title nor provides
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