Paragraph 3

United Kingdom

(1)

Subject to any exemption conferred by or under this Schedule, no United Kingdom ship to which this Schedule applies shall proceed or attempt to proceed to sea unless—

(a)

the ship has been surveyed in accordance with the load line rules;

(b)

the ship is marked with a deck-line and with load lines in accordance with those rules;

(c)

the ship complies with the conditions of assignment; and

(d)

the information required by those rules to be provided as mentioned in paragraph 2(4) of this Schedule is provided for the guidance of the master of the ship in the manner determined in accordance with the rules.

(2)

If any ship proceeds or attempts to proceed to sea in contravention of sub-paragraph (1) above, the owner or master of the ship shall be liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;

(b)

on conviction on indictment, to a fine.

(3)

Any ship which in contravention of sub-paragraph (1) above attempts to proceed to sea without being surveyed and marked as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) and (b) above may be detained until it has been so surveyed and marked.

(4)

Any such ship as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above which does not comply with the conditions of assignment shall be deemed to be dangerously unsafe for the purposes of sections 95, 96 and 97.

Notes on Schedule 3

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 3 (para 1-31) repealed (12.10.1998) by 1998/2441, art. 3(1)(d)