# The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ships) (Safety Code for UK Categorised Waters) Regulations 2010, Regulation 11: Safety management system

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A ship must not continue in service past a date when a safety management system in-service verification is carried out by a surveyor unless paragraph (2) or (3) is satisfied.
(2) This paragraph is satisfied when the surveyor carrying out the in-service verification referred to in paragraph (1) has endorsed the passenger ship safety certificate issued in respect of the ship to the effect that the surveyor is satisfied as a result of that in-service verification that there is sufficient evidence that the safety management system requirements of the ship, or any alternative that has been permitted under regulation 5, are being properly and effectively implemented in accordance with the form shown in Annex 8 to the Safety Code.
(3) This paragraph is satisfied when—
(a) the surveyor carrying out the in-service verification referred to in paragraph (1) is not satisfied as described in paragraph (2) and advises the owner or master of the ship of the corrective action which the surveyor considers to be required as described in regulation 18(1)(b); and
(b) that surveyor, or another surveyor, is satisfied in consequence of that corrective action being taken that there is sufficient evidence that the safety management system requirements of the ship, or any alternative that has been permitted under regulation 5, are being properly and effectively implemented; and endorses the passenger ship safety certificate accordingly in accordance with the form shown in Annex 8 to the Safety Code.
(4) A person must not intentionally obstruct or impede a surveyor seeking to carry out a safety management system in-service verification on a ship.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/680/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-passenger-ships-safety-code-for-uk-categorised-waters-regulations-2010/regulation-11
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