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Paragraph 2 Main criteria

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(1)

Ships which are unsafe to proceed to sea must be detained upon the first inspection irrespective of how much time the ship will stay in port.

(2)

This sub-paragraph applies where the ship has deficiencies which are sufficiently serious to merit an inspector returning to the ship to ensure that those deficiencies have been rectified before the ship sails.

(3)

Where sub-paragraph (2) applies, before the ship is permitted to depart, the Secretary of State must verify that the deficiencies have been rectified—

(a)

following a further inspection of the ship by an inspector, or

(b)

through some other means acceptable to the Secretary of State.