
1 
This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Fishing Boats Registry) (Amendment) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 19th August 1987.
2 
The Merchant Shipping (Fishing Boats Registry) Order 1981 shall be amended as follows:
(1) there shall be added to article 4(1) the following proviso:—“
 provided that the ports listed in table D in Schedule 1 shall only be ports of registry for boats registered also under Part I of the principal Act.”;
(2) for article 4(2) the following shall be substituted:“
(2) The following persons (hereafter referred to as Registrars) shall be the officers appointed to carry out the work of registration and the provisions of this Order:
(a) in relation to a port in the United Kingdom other than a port listed in table C in Schedule 1, the officer who is the Registrar of British Ships for that port;
(b) in relation to a port listed in table C in that Schedule
(i) where the boat is registered under Part I of the principal Act, the officer who is the Registrar of British Ships for that port;
(ii) where the boat is not so registered, an officer of the Secretary of State for Scotland stationed at the place specified in column 3 of that table in relation to the port in question;
(c) in relation to a port in the Channel Islands or Isle of Man, the officer specified in relation to that port in column 3 of table F in Schedule 1 entitled “Channel Islands and Isle of Man”.”;
(3) for article 6(2) the following shall be substituted:—“
(2) The application shall be made:
(a) in the case of boats registered under Part I of the principal Act, to the Registrar of British Ships of the port of registry at which the boat is so registered; and
(b) in the case of boats not so registered, to the Registrar of the port of registry which is, or is nearest to, the port from which the boat will be employed;The application shall include such information as the Registrar may reasonably require.”;
(4) in article 16(2) for the words “3 months” there shall be substituted the words “1 month”;
(5) Schedule 1 shall be replaced by the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order; and
(6) the whole of Schedule 3 shall be deleted.
G.I. de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE
Article 2(5)
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SCHEDULE I
Article 4

Table A
(1) (2)
Ports of Registry Distinguishing Letters
Aberystwyth AB
Barnstaple BE
Barrow BW
Beaumaris BS
Berwick-on-Tweed BK
Bideford BD
Blyth BH
Boston BN
Bridgwater BR
Bristol BL
Brixham BM
Caernarvon CO
Cardiff CF
Cardigan CA
Carlisle CL
Chester CH
Colchester CK
Cowes CS
Dartmouth DH
Dover DR
Exeter E
Falmouth FH
Faversham F
Fleetwood FD
Folkestone FE
Fowey FY
Gloucester GR
Goole GE
Great Yarmouth YH
Grimsby GY
Hartlepool HL
Harwich HH
Hull H
Ipswich IH
King’s Lynn LN
Lancaster LR
Littlehampton LI
Liverpool LL
Llanelly LA
London LO
Lowestoft LT
Maldon MN
Manchester MR
Maryport MT
Middlesbrough MH
Milford Haven M
Newcastle NE
Newhaven NN
Newport, Gwent NT
Padstow PW
Penzance PZ
Plymouth PH
Poole PE
Portsmouth P
Port Talbot PT
Preston PN
Ramsgate R
Rochester RR
Runcorn RN
Rye RX
St. Ives SS
Salcombe SE
Scarborough SH
Scilly SC
Shields. North SN
Shields, South SSS
Shoreham SM
Southampton SU
Stockton ST
Sunderland SD
Swansea SA
Teignmouth TH
Truro TO
Weymouth WH
Whitby WY
Whitehaven WA
Wisbech WI
Workington WO

Table B
(1) (2)
Ports of Registry Distinguishing Letters
Aberdeen A
Alloa AA
Arbroath AH
Banff BF
Borrowstoness BO
Buckie BCK
Burntisland BU
Dundee DE
Fraserburgh FR
Grangemouth GH
Granton GN
Inverness INS
Kirkcaldy KY
Kirkwall K
Leith LH
Lerwick LK
Methil ML
Montrose ME
Peterhead PD
Wick WK

Table C
(1) (2) (3)
Ports of Registry Distinguishing Letters Officer of the Secretary of State for Scotland, stationed at
Ballantrae BA Ayr
Broadford BRD Mallaig
Campbeltown CN Campbeltown
Castlebay, Barra CY Stornoway
Greenock GK Ayr
Oban OB Oban
Rothesay RO Campbeltown
Stornoway SY Stornoway
Tarbert, Loch Fyne TT Campbeltown
Ullapool UL Ullapool

Table D(Applicable only to fishing boats registered under Part I of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894.)
(1) (2)
Ports of Registry Distinguishing Letters
Ardrossan AD
Ayr AR
Dumfries DS
Glasgow GW

Table E
(1) (2)
Ports of Registry Distinguishing Letters
Belfast B
Coleraine CE

Table F
(1) (2) (3)
Ports of Registry Distinguishing Letters Registrars
Guernsey GU Chief Officer of Customs and Excise
Jersey J Chief Officer of Customs and Excise
Castletown CT Officer of the Isle of Man Harbour Board (stationed at Douglas)
Douglas DO Officer of the Isle of Man Harbour Board
Peel PL Officer of the Isle of Man Harbour Board (stationed at Douglas)
Ramsey RY Officer of the Isle of Man Harbour Board (stationed at Douglas)”