{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-gas-carriers-regulations-1994/regulation-6B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-gas-carriers-regulations-1994/regulation-6B.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2464",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Gas Carriers) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-gas-carriers-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/6B",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6B",
  "heading": "Extension of validity of Certificates",
  "text": "(1) Where an International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk has been issued for a period of validity of less than five years and the intermediate and annual surveys required under regulation 4(c) and (d) above have been completed, the appropriate Certifying Authority may extend the validity of that Certificate so that the certificate is valid for a maximum period of five years.\n(2) Where a renewal survey required under regulation 4(b) has been completed before the expiry of an International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk but the new certificate cannot be issued or placed on board the ship before the expiry of the existing Certificate, the appropriate Certifying Authority may endorse the existing Certificate as valid for a period not exceeding five months from its previous expiry date.\n(3) Where a renewal survey required under regulation 4(b) has not been completed before the expiry of an International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk and at the time of expiry the ship is not in a port in which it is to be surveyed, the appropriate Certifying Authority may, where it appears to it proper and reasonable to do so, extend the validity of the Certificate, solely for the purpose of allowing the ship to complete its voyage to its port of survey, for a period of no more than three months.\n(4) Where no other extension has been granted, the appropriate Certifying Authority may extend the validity of the International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk of a ship used solely on short international voyages for a period of no more than one month.\n(5) An extension of validity under paragraph (3) or (4) above shall be disregarded for the purposes of determining the date of expiry of an existing International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk under regulation 6A(2) or (3) above.\n(6) In special circumstances as determined by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, where a renewal survey required under regulation 4(b):\n(a) has been completed after the expiry of an International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk,\n(b) has been completed during the period for which the validity of the International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk has been extended in accordance with paragraph (3) above, or\n(c) has been completed during the period for which the validity of the International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk has been extended in accordance with paragraph (4) above,\nthe new Certificate may be issued as being valid from the date of completion of the renewal survey.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 4-6B substituted for regs. 4-6 (20.4.2004) by The Merchant Shipping (Gas Carriers) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/929), regs. 1(1), 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2464/regulation/6B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:25:45.007581+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}