ABSTRACT
Vessels below 24 metres in length, wholly owned by persons qualified to own Jamaican ships and operating in or from Jamaican waters, have the option of being licensed. Licensing is a simple form of registration. Pleasure craft of less than 5 metres in length not equipped with propulsion machinery or pleasure craft of less than 3 metres in length equipped with propulsion machinery of less than 5 horsepower, are exempt.
