# The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Survey and Certification) Regulations 2013, Regulation 5: Survey of ships


(1) A ship falling within paragraph (2) is subject to the following surveys—
(a) before a Maritime Labour Certificate is first issued in relation to the ship, an initial survey by a certifying authority, as set out in Merchant Shipping Notice 1848(M),
(b) within five years of the first issue of a Maritime Labour Certificate, and thereafter at intervals which must be no more than five years, a renewal survey by a certifying authority, as set out in Merchant Shipping Notice 1848(M),
(c) in the period between the anniversary dates of a Maritime Labour Certificate in its second and third years of validity, an intermediate survey by a certifying authority, as set out in Merchant Shipping Notice 1848(M).
(2) A ship falls within this paragraph if it is a ship of 500 gross tonnage or over which—
(a) is engaged in international voyages,
(b) is operating to and from a single port in a country other than the United Kingdom, or
(c) is operating between ports in a country other than the United Kingdom.
(3) A ship which does not fall within paragraph (2) is subject to a survey by a certifying authority as set out in Merchant Shipping Notice 1848(M).
(4) In this regulation, “international voyage” means a voyage from a country to a port outside such a country.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1785/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-survey-and-certification-regulations-2013/regulation-5
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