Regulation 7 Extension of validity of Convention Certificates

For regulation 15 of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following:—

“15

(1)

Where a Convention Certificate other than a Passenger Ship Safety Certificate has been issued for a period of validity of less than five years and the surveys required under regulations 5 to 7 above have been satisfactorily completed, the appropriate Certifying Authority may extend the validity of that Certificate so that the certificate is valid for a maximum period of five years.

(2)

Where a renewal survey required under regulations 5 to 7 has been satisfactorily completed before the expiry of the relevant Convention Certificate but the new certificate cannot be issued or placed on board the ship before the expiry of the existing certificate, the appropriate Certifying Authority may endorse the existing certificate as valid for a period not exceeding 5 months from the expiry date.

(3)

Where a renewal survey required under regulations 5 to 7 has not been satisfactorily completed before the expiry of the relevant Convention Certificate and at the time of expiry the ship is not in a port in which it is to be surveyed, the appropriate Certifying Authority may, where it appears to it proper and reasonable to do so, extend the validity of the certificate solely for the purpose of allowing the ship to complete its voyage to its port of survey.

(4)

Where no other extension has been granted, the appropriate Certifying Authority may extend the validity of a Convention Certificate of ships used solely on short international voyages for a period of no more than one month.

(5)

An extension of validity under paragraph (1) or (2) above, and, except in special circumstances as determined by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, an extension of validity under paragraph (3) or (4) above, shall be disregarded for the purposes of determining the date of expiry of an existing Convention Certificate under regulation 13(2) or (3) above.”