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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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