The Merchant Shipping (Home Office Ships) Order 2020
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2020 No. 1551
Merchant Shipping
The Merchant Shipping (Home Office Ships) Order 2020
Made 16th December 2020
Laid before Parliament 17th December 2020
Coming into force 7th January 2021
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 16th day of December 2020
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 308 of the Merchant Shipping Act 19951, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows.
PART 1
Introductory provisions
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Home Office Ships) Order 2020 and comes into force on 7th January 2021.
(2) In this Order—
“the 1995 Act” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;
“Home Office ship” means a Government ship2which is—
(a) in the service of the Home Office, and
(b) operated or intended to be operated at the direction of an immigration officer or a designated customs official (within the meaning of section 14(6) of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 20093);
“immigration officer” means a person appointed for the purposes of the Immigration Act 19714under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to that Act5;
“registered details” has the meaning given in article 4;
“registered Home Office ship” means a Home Office ship registered under the regulations made by articles 4 to 8 of this Order.
PART 2
Regulations for the registration of Home Office ships
Applications to register a Home Office ship
2.—(1) The Secretary of State may apply to register a Home Office ship by writing to the registrar6.
(2) The application must state—
(a)
(a) the name and description of the ship,
(b)
(b) the ship’s call sign,
(c)
(c) the ship’s port of registry (if any),
(d)
(d) the date and place the ship was built or, if unknown, words to that effect, and
(e)
(e) the nature of the title to the ship and a list of documents of title (if any).
(3) Copies of any documents of title must be provided with an application.
Entry of information in the register and retention of documents
3.—(1) Following receipt of an application under article 2, the registrar must enter in Part 1 of the register maintained under section 8 of the 1995 Act—
(a)
(a) a record of the ship as belonging to the Secretary of State,
(b)
(b) the particulars stated in the application, and
(c)
(c) the information contained in any current certificate issued in respect of the ship by a surveyor of ships7.
(2) In respect of any ship registered under this Order, the registrar must retain the application and any copies of documents of title provided with it.
Issue of certificate of registry
4. On registering a Home Office ship, the registrar must issue and send to the Secretary of State a certificate of registry stating—
(a) the details of the ship contained on the register (“the registered details”),
(b) the date of issue of the certificate, and
(c) the date the certificate expires.
Period of registration
5. The registration of a Home Office ship—
(a) is valid for a period of five years beginning with the date of issue of the certificate of registry, and
(b) expires at the end of that period unless it is renewed in accordance with article 7.
Notification of changes to registered details
6. The Secretary of State must send written notice to the registrar of any changes in the registered details of a registered Home Office ship.
Renewal of registration
7.—(1) The Secretary of State may, at any time during the period of registration of a Home Office ship, apply to the registrar in writing to renew the registration (“a renewal application”).
(2) A renewal application must be accompanied...
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