The Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Registries of Relevant British Possessions) Order 2003
This Order is made under section 18 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, which enables an Order in Council to establish categories of registry by reference to which registration of ships in the relevant British possessions (defined in the Act as the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and colonies) may be regulated. The Order does not apply in relation to the registration of small ships or fishing vessels.