Boat registration

[Lizzie_B]

If you are a British Citizen, and only want to use the boat for your personal use you can register on the SSR on line. There is no requirement for a British citizen to prove residency,or be resident in the UK. You will,of course need a mailing address for them to send the certifcate to-mine's in the USA!

 

[BrandonB]

Thanks, thats cleared up what I was wondering about.

 

[Uisteach]

Registration is based on nationality or residence. In the UK

"The two registers available in the UK are the Part 1 Register and the Small Ships Register (SSR). The requirement to register a boat that goes outside territorial waters applies to all vessels, including dinghies. There is no minimum size exemption."

Part 1 - if you don't live in the UK with rights to work there you need to be a British national. It is the only option if you are UK national and live abroad (or on the high seas - when you won't qualify anywhere else). The regs state " If you are not ordinarily resident in the UK, in order to register on Part I you will need to appoint a representative person, who may be either an individual resident in the UK, or a company who [sic] is based in the UK."

The option of SSR (Part 2) only applies if you normally reside in the UK: "To be eligible to register on the SSR your yacht must be under 24m and privately owned. You must also be ordinarily resident in the UK."

So, if you are normally out of the UK, then the SSR would not be a valid form of registration.

Some countries take these things seriously, so .... .

 

[Lizzie_B]

where are you registered for tax purposes. Where do you 'live' when in the UK.

 

[BrandonB]

Hmm tax purposes, well lets just say I'm on a very long holiday and any work I do is 'voluntary'. When I come back to the uk I stay with relatives.

 

[Uisteach]

SSR

"For the purpose of registering a ship [on the SSR] it means living and sleeping in the UK for periods which add up to 185 days or more in a twelve month period."

 

[Lizzie_B]

If you are still 'resident' for tax purposes - and I believe you have to declare yourself 'non-resident' to the tax man not to be, you satisfy the residency requirement for a british citizen to use ssr. Just give the address of the relatives that you stay with when in the UK. Residency has nothing to do with 'owning' property. I have teenage daughters doing charity work on extended gap years who neither own or rent a property in the UK, nor have any taxable income, but I can assure you they are still UK residents. When you apply for ssr there is no requirement to prove your residency. A UK 'resident' can sleep where he wants.

 

[Lizzie_B]

Guidance Note 4. being resident in UK for tax purposeswill usually cause you to be regarded as 'ordinarily resident' in the UK.

 

[dhowarth]

SSR is the best option around. The only advantage of registering a boat is to proove title, but if that's not your concern save yourself the cash and register with the SSR. Use a friends address in the UK, plenty do...

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