Regulation 13 Verification and Document of Compliance requirements in respect of ISM companies responsible for United Kingdom ships

(1)

Subject to payment of any prescribed fee, a Certifying Authority must, on being notified by a surveyor of the matters specified in paragraph (2), issue a Document of Compliance to a person who is, or intends to become, an ISM company in respect of a United Kingdom ship to which these Regulations apply.

(2)

The matters referred to in paragraph (1) are that the surveyor—

(a)

has carried out an initial verification or renewal verification; and

(b)

is satisfied at the date of completion of the relevant verification that the person complies with each requirement of the ISM Code applicable to that person.

(3)

Subject to payment of any prescribed fee, a Certifying Authority must, on being notified by a surveyor of the matters specified in paragraph (4), endorse a Document of Compliance which has been issued to an ISM company pursuant to paragraph (1).

(4)

The matters referred to in paragraph (3) are that the surveyor—

(a)

has carried out an annual verification; and

(b)

is satisfied at the date of completion of that annual verification that the ISM company complies with each requirement of the ISM Code applicable to that ISM company.

(5)

A Certifying Authority may at any time require that an ISM company is subjected to an additional verification.

(6)

A Document of Compliance issued pursuant to this regulation, and any endorsement of it, must be in a form corresponding to the model given in the Appendix to the ISM Code.

(7)

An ISM company must ensure that a copy of a Document of Compliance issued pursuant to this regulation is—

(a)

held on board each United Kingdom ship to which it relates; and

(b)

readily available for inspection at all times.

(8)

For the purposes of paragraph (2)—

(a)

an initial verification must take place—

(i)

before the ship is put into operation; or

(ii)

where an ISM company holds a valid Interim Document of Compliance, before the expiry of that document; and

(b)

a renewal verification must take place before the expiry of an existing Document of Compliance.

(9)

For the purposes of paragraph (4), an annual verification must take place within the period of six months—

(a)

beginning with the three months ending with the end of the relevant anniversary date of the ISM company’s Document of Compliance; and

(b)

ending with the three months beginning with the day after the relevant anniversary date of the ISM company’s Document of Compliance.

(10)

In these Regulations—

“additional verification” means a verification other than an initial, annual or renewal verification and comprises the matters specified in the Annex to Marine Guidance Note 708 (M)^f1;
“annual verification” means the verification of that description referred to in paragraph 13.4 of the ISM Code and comprises the matters specified in the Annex to Marine Guidance Note 708 (M);
“initial verification” means the verification of that description referred to in paragraph 13.3 of the ISM Code and comprises the matters specified in the Annex to Marine Guidance Note 708 (M);
“renewal verification” means the verification of that description referred to in paragraph 13.10 to 13.13 of the ISM Code and comprises the matters specified in the Annex to Marine Guidance Note 708 (M).

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Footnotes

f1: Marine Guidance Note 708 (M) is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/marine-guidance-notices-mgns and in hard copy from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency at Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road, Southampton SO15 1EG, telephone 020 3817 2000 and email [email protected].