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Article 9

United Kingdom

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1.

Recognised organisations shall ensure that the F1Secretary of State has access to the information necessary for the purposes of the assessment referred to in Article 8(1). No contractual clauses may be invoked to restrict this access.

2.

Recognised organisations shall ensure in their contracts with shipowners or operators for the issue of statutory certificates or class certificates to a F2United Kingdom ship that such issue shall be made conditional on the parties not opposing the access of the F3Secretary of State's inspectors on board that ship for the purposes of Article 8(1).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Art. 9(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Recognised Organisations) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/270), regs. 1(2), 3(9)(a) (with reg. 2(1)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1000, regs. 1, 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2

Words in Art. 9(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Recognised Organisations) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/270), regs. 1(2), 3(9)(b)(i) (with reg. 2(1)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1000, regs. 1, 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Words in Art. 9(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Recognised Organisations) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/270), regs. 1(2), 3(9)(b)(ii) (with reg. 2(1)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1000, regs. 1, 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)