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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 22 December 1955 - onwards

76. Regulations restricting closing or transfer of registry.

Amendments (requiring commencement) by Sch. 1 to the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 (No. 43), published 25 December 2014.

(1) The Minister may provide by regulations that the registry in the State of a specified ship or of any ship of a specified class shall not be closed or transferred to a port outside the State save with the approval of the Minister.

(2) The registry in the State of a ship to which regulations under this section relate shall not be closed or transferred to a port outside the State save with the approval of the Minister.