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Commonwealth countries
16.
The Act will not apply to independent Commonwealth
countries. Citizens of independent Commonwealth countries
and companies incorporated in those countries will not be
eligible to register ships on the British register.
Obligation to register
17.
There will be no change in the obligation to register
a British ship, the exemptions from registration currently
in force, or the penalty for failure to register an eligible:
. ship.
Qualifications for owning a British ship
18.
The requirement that a ship shall be deemed to be
British only if it is wholly owned by qualifying persons
will be retained, but the definition of persons qualified
to be owners of British ships will be amended as follows to
reflect the narrower scope of the legislation, and the need
to ensure that there is an established legal person in the
country of registration for the purpose of enforcement and
jurisdiction.
a) British Citizens and British Dependent Territory
Citizens as defined in the British Nationality
Act 1981.
Such citizens will be expected to register their ships in
their own territory but will have the right to register in
the UK (or in another territory) if registration facilities
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