Regulation 14 Non-United Kingdom ships

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg .8, head. amended by Merchant Shipping (Load Line) 2000 reg.7
reg.14 am and revoked by Merchant Shipping (Load Line) 2000 reg.22
reg. 14(1) omitted by Merchant Shipping (International Load Line Convention) 2018 Sch. para. 10(a)
reg. 14(4) words omitted by Merchant Shipping (International Load Line Convention) 2018 Sch. para. 10(b)

(1)

The Secretary of State may, at the request of a Government of a Convention country survey a ship registered in that country and if satisfied that the requirements of the 1966 Convention are complied with and that a survey has been satisfactorily completed in accordance with these Regulations, issue to the ship an International Load Line Certificate (1966) and, where appropriate, endorse such certificates in accordance with the requirements of the 1966 Convention. A certificate issued in accordance with such a request shall contain a statement that it has been so issued and shall have the same effect as if it was issued by that Government and not by the Secretary of State.

(2)

A United Kingdom Load Line Certificate may be issued to a non-United Kingdom ship which has been surveyed and marked in accordance with these Regulations.

(3)

Subject to paragraph (4), a certificate issued under paragraph (2) shall be subject to the same conditions and have the same effect as a similar certificate issued to a United Kingdom ship.

(4)

Any certificate issued under paragraph (2) in respect of a ship registered in a Convention country shall be valid only so long as the ship is not plying on international voyages, and shall be cancelled by the Secretary of State if he has reason to believe that the ship is plying on international voyages.