IMPORTANT YACHT REGISTRATION LEGISLATIVE CHANGES ENACTED IN GIBRALTAR POST BREXIT:

Gibraltar Merchant Shipping (SHIP REGISTRATION) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2020 now allows nationals of the following countries and territories to register their vessel in Gibraltar under the British Red Ensign. This is a MASSIVE change and opens up the Gibraltar Ship and Yacht Registry to the following nationals. Get in touch with Boatshed Gibraltar if you want to register your yacht on the Gibraltar registry:

(a) British citizens;
(b) British Overseas Territories citizens;
(c) British overseas citizens;
(d) persons who under the British Nationality Act 1981, are British subjects;
(e) persons who under the Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986, are British Nationals (Overseas);
(f) citizens of the Republic of Ireland and such other countries as may be prescribed;
(g) Commonwealth citizens;
(h) citizens of an approved country specified in Schedule 9;
(i) bodies corporate incorporated in any relevant British possession;
(j) nationals of an EEA State.

Schedule 9 List of countries and territories:

The approved countries are-
(a) Argentina;
(b) Aruba;
(c) Bahrain;
(d) Brazil;
(e) the Canary Islands;
(f) China;
(g) the Faroe Islands;
(h) Haiti;
(i) Israel;
(j) Japan;
(k) Liberia;
(l) Madeira;
(m) the Marshall Islands;
(n)Monaco;
(o) Panama;
(p) South Korea;
(q) Switzerland;
(r )Suriname;
(s) the United Arab Emirates;
(t) and the United States of America.