Merchant Shipping (Ministry of Defence Ships) Order 1989
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1989/1991 |
| Year | 1989 |
1989No. 1991
MERCHANT SHIPPING
SHIPS AND SHIPOWNERS
The Merchant Shipping (Ministry of Defence Ships) Order
1989
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At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 1st day of November 1989
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 738 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 ( a) , section 80 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1906 ( b) , and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
Citation, commencement and revocation
1. This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Ministry of Defence Ships) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 30th November 1989.
2. The 1911 Order and article 3(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Government Ships) Order 1978 ( c) are hereby revoked.
Interpretation
3. In this Order-
"Ministry of Defence ship" means a Government ship in the service of the Ministry of Defence;
"the 1911 Order" means an Order in Council made on 22nd March 1911 ( d) making regulations as to registration as British ships of vessels in the service of the Ministry of Defence;
"the 1894 Act" means the Merchant Shipping Act 1894;
"Secretary of State" means the Secretary of State for Defence.
Regulations for Registry
4. An application for registry of a Ministry of Defence ship shall be made in writing under the hand of an Under Secretary of State of the
(a) 1894 c.60.
(b) 1906 c.48.
(c) S.I. 1978/1533.
(d) S.R.&O. 1911/338, amended by S.I. 1964/489, 1978/1533.
Ministry of Defence to a registrar of British ships. Such application shall contain the following particulars-(a) a statement of the name and description of the ship;(b) a statement of the time when and the place where the ship was built; or, if the ship was foreign built and the time and place of building are unknown, a statement to that effect and of her foreign name;(c) a statement of the nature of the title to the said ship, whether by original construction by or for the Ministry of Defence, or by purchase, capture, condemnation, or otherwise, and a list of the documents of title, if any, in case she was not originally constructed by or for the Ministry of Defence.5. The registrar, on receiving such an application, shall enter in the register the following particulars-
(a) a record of the ship as belonging to the Secretary of State;(b) the name of the port to which the ship belongs;(c) the particulars stated in the application for...To continue reading
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