# The Merchant Shipping (Load Line) Regulations 1998, Regulation 12: Issue of exemption certificates


(1) Where a ship is exempted under regulation 5(1) or (3) an “International Load Line Exemption Certificate” in the form prescribed by the 1966 Convention shall be issued in respect of the ship by the Secretary of State; and
(2) Where a ship is exempted under regulation 5(2), a “United Kingdom Load Line Exemption Certificate” shall be issued in respect of the ship by the Secretary of State which shall state the conditions with which the ship is to comply.
(3) Except in so far as the nature or terms of any such exemption require the contrary:
(a) the ship shall be assigned freeboards in accordance with regulation 7;
(b) shall be subject to surveys in accordance with regulation 8; and
(c) regulations 9 to 11 shall apply in relation to the certificate of exemption as they apply in relation to load line certificates,
subject to the substitution, for references in the said regulations to an Assigning Authority, of references to the Secretary of State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2241/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-load-line-regulations-1998/regulation-12
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