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Forms and information required for Initial British Registration

Individual Ownership/Joint Ownership Company Ownership
JR01 - Name Approval & Application to Register JR01A - Name Approval & Application to Register/Appointment of Authorised Officer
Produce Title Documents: Produce Title Documents:
New vessel: JR03 - Builders Certificate.  Or one supplied by the builder including the information required. New vessel: JR03 - Builders Certificate.  Or one supplied by the builder including the information required.
Second-hand vessel: Bill(s) of Sale JR04 to prove title for the five years previous to this registration.  If the vessel was registered elsewhere within that period, Bill(s) of Sale for the period since the Registration. Second-hand vessel: Bill(s) of Sale JR04 to prove title for the five years previous to this registration.  If the vessel was registered elsewhere within that period, Bill(s) of Sale for the period since that Registration.
JR05 - Declaration of Eligibility/nomination of Representative Person*/Managing Owner**. JR05 - Declaration of Eligibility/nomination of Representative Person*/Managing Owner**.
Tonnage Survey Tonnage Survey
Produce Certificate of Incorporation
* If Individual/Joint Owners do not reside in Jersey and Bodies Corporate do not have a Principal Place of Business in the Island a Representative Person will need to be nominated.  A sample list is available from the Registrar if the owner does not already know a local contact.

** If there is more than one owner of ship (being Joint/Bodies Corporate) residing/having a principal place of business in Jersey, one of them must be appointed as the Managing Owner.
 

Forms and information required for the Change of Ownership of a vessel already registered at the Port of Jersey

 
Individual Ownership/Joint Ownership Company Ownership
JR04 - Bill of sale. JR04 - Bill of sale.
JR05 - Declaration of Eligibility/nomination of Representative Person/Managing Owner. JR05 - Declaration of Eligibility/nomination of Representative Person/Managing Owner.
  JR02 - Appointment of Authorised Officer for a Body Corporate.
Produce a Certificate of Incorporation
NB Please forward the appropriate fee and Certificate of British Registry (blue book) for amending when submitting the above.

 

Other transactions

 
JR08 - Appointment/Notification of Change of Representative Person - Change in appointment of the Representative Person.
JR11 - Change of Vessel Name - Once you are the registered owner of a vessel you may request to change the name of the vessel.
JR18 - Change of address/principal place of business.
JR14 - Closure - A vessel may be closed on the British Registry (Port of Jersey) at the request of the registered owner(s).
JR12 - Transfer of Port - Once you are the registered owner of a vessel you may request to transfer the port of registry.
JR13 - Application for Duplicate Certificate of Registry - If you are the owner, joint owner or authorised officer you may apply for a duplicate Certificate of British Registry, but only if all attempts to locate the 'Blue Book' have failed.
JR16 - Renewal of Registry - Applicable every 10 years upon the anniversary of the owner's registration.  If an application is not made to renew the registration of a ship within the 3 months following the period of validity of its registration, the ship ceases to be registered.  Once a ship has ceased to be registered and the owner wishes it to be reinstated, it will be subject to full registration procedures, including name approval, and the full registration fee will be charged.
 

NB Please forward the appropriate fee and Certificate of British Registry (blue book) for amending when submitting one of the above.

 

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