Eligibility to register a ship in the UK needs to be considered at the outset.
For Parts I and IV, applications may be made by:
- British Citizens;
- Citizens of an EU member state exercising their rights under articles 48 or 52 of the EU Treaty in the UK
- British Dependant Territories citizens;
- British Citizens living overseas;
- Citizens of an EU member state exercising their rights under articles 48 or 52 of the EU Treaty in the UK;
- Companies incorporated in one of the EEA countries;
- Companies incorporated in any British overseas possession which have their principal place of business in the UK or those possessions; and,
- European Economic Interest Groupings. When none of the qualified owners are resident in the UK a representative person must be appointed who may be either:An individual resident in the UK, orA Company incorporated in one of the EEA countries with a place of business in the UK.
Part II allows applications by:
- British Citizens;
- Citizens of an EU member state exercising their rights under articles 48 or 52 of the EU Treaty in the UK;
- Companies which are incorporated in one of the EEA countries and which have a place of business in the UK; and,
- European
Economic Interest Groupings. When none of the qualified owners are resident in the UK a representative
person must be appointed who may be either:
- An individual resident in the UK, or
- A Company incorporated in one of the EEA countries with a place of business in the UK.
- A local authority in the United Kingdom
Small Ships Register (Part III) allows registration by:
- British Citizens;
- British Dependent Territories Citizens
- British Overseas Citizens
- Persons who under the British Nationality Act 1981 are British subjects
- Persons who under the Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986 are British Nationals (overseas); and
- Commonwealth Citizens not falling within those paragraphs
- Citizens of an EU member state exercising their rights under articles 48 or 52 of the EU Treaty in the UK;