3—(1) Every British aircraft shall be registered in such manner as the Board of Trade may by regulations prescribe:

Provided that an aircraft which is registered under the law of any foreign nation as an aircraft belonging to that nation shall not also be registered as a British aircraft.

(2) Regulations under this section may provide for—

(a) the appointment and duties of registrars;

(b) the keeping of registers and the particulars to be entered therein;

(c) the procedure for obtaining the registration of aircraft by the owners thereof, including the evidence to be produced as to the qualifications of applicants;

(d) the issue, form, custody, and delivery up of certificates of registration;

(e) the transfer and transmission of British aircraft;

(f) the fees to be paid;

(g) the application with the necessary modifications for any of the purposes aforesaid of any of the provisions contained in sections twenty to twenty-two, twenty-five, twenty-seven to thirty, thirty-nine to forty-six (except so far as those sections relate to mortgages), forty-eight to fifty-three, fifty-six, fifty-seven, sixty, sixty-one, and sixty-four of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894.