# The Merchant Shipping (Survey and Certification) Regulations 1995, Regulation 6: Survey requirements for the safety equipment of cargo ships


(1) The safety equipment of a cargo ship of 500 tons or over engaged on international voyages shall be subjected to the following surveys pursuant to these Regulations:
(a) a survey before the ship is put in service. This survey shall include a complete inspection of the life-saving appliances and arrangements (except radio installations where only the arrangements shall be inspected), the shipborne navigational equipment, the fire safety systems and appliances, the inert gas system, the fire control plans, the means of embarkation of pilots, the nautical publications, lights, shapes and means of making sound and distress signals and other equipment to ensure that they comply with the relevant regulations applicable to the ship, are in a satisfactory condition and are fit for the service for which the ship is intended;
(b) a periodical survey before the Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate may be renewed which shall include an inspection of the equipment referred to in sub-paragraph (a) to ensure that it complies with the relevant regulations applicable to the ship, is in a satisfactory condition and is fit for the service for which the ship is intended;
(c) an annual survey, or, in the case of a tanker of ten years of age and over, an intermediate survey, within three months before or after the anniversary date of the Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate which shall include a general inspection of the equipment referred to in sub-pargraph (a) to ensure that it is being maintained in accordance with regulation 8(1)(a) and it remains fit for the service for which the ship is intended;
(d) an additional survey, either general or partial, according to the circumstances, to be made after a repair resulting from an investigation prescribed in regulation 8(2), or whenever any repairs or renewals are undertaken which could materially affect the safety and condition of the ship. The survey shall be such as to ensure that the necessary repairs or renewals have been effectively made, that the material and workmanship of such repairs or renewals are in all respects satisfactory, and that the ship complies in all respects with the relevant regulations applicable to the ship.
(2) In any period of five years, at least one survey in accordance with this regulation shall be carried out by a marine surveyor of the Marine Safety Agency except that the survey of the radio-navigational equipment may be carried out by a surveyor appointed by British Telecom or, in respect of a country or area where the Secretary of State has appointed a local surveyor, by that surveyor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1210/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-survey-and-certification-regulations-1995/regulation-6
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