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1988 No. 2251
MERCHANT SHIPPING
The Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Overseas Territories) Order 1988
Made
21st December 1988
Laid before Parliament
30th December 1988
Coming into force
20th January 1989
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of December 1988
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 11 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988(1) 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:-
1. This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Overseas Territories) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 20th January 1989.
2.-(1) There is established the following category of registry for the registration of ships in the relevant overseas territories:
1A: unlimited tonnage and type, under which there is no restriction as to the ships which may be registered in that territory.
(2) Bermuda and the Isle of Man are assigned to Category 1A.
G.I. de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 11 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 enables Orders in Council to establish categories of registry by reference to which the registration of ships in the relevant overseas territories - ie Crown Dependencies and dependent territories - may be regulated. This Order establishes the first such category, the "unlimited tonnage and type" category, to which Bermuda and the Isle of Man are assigned under which there is no restriction as to the ships which may be registered.
It does not affect any provision in force in such territories by which the registration of ships is, or may be, restricted.