Regulation 26 Costs

All costs relating to any inspection for the purposes of, or in connection with, a refusal of access notice (including the lifting of a refusal of access notice) for which these Regulations provide are recoverable from the company, owner or their representative in the United Kingdom.

Where a ship is detained for deficiencies in relation to the requirements of a Convention or to regulation 12(6), the owner or their representative in the United Kingdom is liable to pay—

Any detention in relation to deficiencies under these Regulations, or a Convention enactment must not be lifted until any appropriate fee payable and any other costs payable under paragraphs (1) and (2) have been paid, or the person to whom they are due has been provided with sufficient security for them.

In paragraph (3), “appropriate fee” means in the case of a detention made in relation to deficiencies under these Regulations or a Convention enactment, a fee payable under the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2018^f1 in respect of an inspection leading to, or arising from, the detention.