SUMMARY

This enactment amends the National Defence Act. Its purpose is the removal of the words ``Her Majesty's Canadian Ship'' or the initials ``H.M.C.S.'' from the hull or any other exterior part of any vessel of the Canadian Forces that is commissioned as a vessel of war.

For the purposes of this Act, ``Her Majesty's Canadian Ship'' means any vessel of the Canadian Forces commissioned as a vessel of war.