Regulation 20 Issue, endorsement, suspension or cancellation of relevant documents by another Convention country

The Secretary of State may request the government of another Convention country to—

(a)

conduct a verification of an ISM company which owns or has assumed responsibility for the operation of a United Kingdom ship to verify compliance by that company with each requirement of the ISM Code applicable to that company;

(b)

conduct a verification of a United Kingdom ship to verify compliance by that ship with each requirement of the ISM Code applicable to that ship;

(c)

issue or endorse a Document of Compliance or an Interim Document of Compliance, if satisfied that an ISM company which owns or has assumed responsibility for the operation of a United Kingdom ship is complying with each requirement of the ISM Code applicable to that company;

(d)

issue or endorse a Safety Management Certificate or an Interim Safety Management Certificate, if satisfied that a United Kingdom ship is complying with each requirement of the ISM Code applicable to that ship;

(e)

include a statement in the relevant document that it has been issued by that government and has the same effect as if it had been issued by the Secretary of State;

(f)

cancel or suspend a relevant document which that government has issued in relation to the operation of a United Kingdom ship, when notified by the Secretary of State that—

(i)

in respect of a Document of Compliance, an application has not been made for the annual verification required by paragraph 13.4 of the ISM Code;

(ii)

in respect of a Safety Management Certificate, an application has not been made for the intermediate verification required by paragraph 13.8 of the ISM Code; or

(iii)

the Secretary of State has evidence of a major non-conformity.