Division 14.4 An Interim Safety Management Certificate may be issued following verification that:

the Document of Compliance, or the Interim Document of Compliance, is relevant to the ship concerned;

the Safety management system provided by the company for the ship concerned includes key elements of this Code and has been assessed during the audit for issuance of the Document of Compliance or demonstrated for issuance of the Interim Document of Compliance;

the company has planned the audit of the ship within three months;

the master and officers are familiar with the safety management system and the planned arrangements for its implementation;

instructions, which have been identified as being essential, are provided prior to sailing; and

relevant information on the safety management system has been given in a working language or languages understood by the ship's personnel.