# The Merchant Shipping (Survey and Certification) Regulations 1995, Regulation 3: Responsibility for carrying out surveys


(1) Except as provided in sub-paragraph (2) below, and subject also to regulation 16, surveys of ships shall be carried out by a surveyor appointed by an appropriate Certificate Authority.
(2) (a) In respect of surveys of radio installations:
(i) surveys in a port in the United Kingdom in respect of passenger ships shall be carried out by a surveyor appointed by British Telecom.
(ii) where a survey is to be carried out at a port outside the United Kingdom it shall be carried out, at the option of the shipowner, by:
(a) a surveyor appointed by British Telecom, or
(b) if the port is in a country or area in respect of which the Secretary of State has appointed a local surveyor, by that local surveyor, or
(c) in accordance with regulation 16 below.
(b) Subject to sub-paragraph (d) below, surveys:
(i) in a port in the United Kingdom, or in the territorial waters thereof, of safety equipment of cargo ships; and
(ii) of ro-ro passenger ships,shall be carried out by a surveyor of the Marine Safety Agency.
(c) Surveys of passenger ships, other than ro-ro passenger ships, may be carried out in part by a surveyor appointed by another Certifying Authority authorised for that purpose by the Secretary of State.
(d) Surveys of radio-navigational equipment may at the option of the owner be carried out by British Telecom.
(3) Where in accordance with this regulation a survey has been carried out by a surveyor appointed by a particular appropriate Certifying Authority, the subsequent references to a Certifying Authority in relation to that survey or to any certificate issued as a result of it, are to that Certifying Authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1210/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-survey-and-certification-regulations-1995/regulation-3
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