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ship
n. For the purposes of section 1 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (which consolidated the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1994 and other enactments relating to merchant shipping), the word “ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation (s 313). A central register of British ships is kept. For the purposes of ownership, a British ship is notionally divided into 64 shares. Each share may be in different ownership, but no share may be in the ownership of an alien or a foreign company. Co-owners will commonly appoint a ship’s husband or managing owner to manage the ship. The definition of “British ship” in the then Merchant Shipping Act 1988, in relation to fishing rights, was challenged under EU law, which led to its replacement with the current definition in the 1995 Act (see fishery limits; quota). |