Regulation 5 Duty to hold certificates
No company shall operate a ship unless that company holds a valid Document of Compliance.
No company shall operate a ship unless there is in force in respect of that ship a valid Safety Management Certificate.
No United Kingdom ship shall be operated unless:
the company holds a Document of Compliance issued or accepted by the Secretary of State; and
there is in force in relation to the ship a Safety Management Certificate issued by the Secretary of State.
For the purposes of this regulation a Document of Compliance or Safety Management Certificate is not valid if it has not been endorsed, in the circumstances required by the ISM Code, showing, in the case of a Document of Compliance satisfactory annual audits, or in the case of a Safety Management Certificate, a satisfactory intermediate audit.