Regulation 17 Extension and other provisions

Where a Convention Certificate other than a Passenger Ship Safety Certificate F1or a Polar Ship Certificate issued in respect of a passenger ship, F2or HSC Code Safety Certificate for Offshore Service Craft has been issued for a period of validity of less than five years and the surveys required under regulations 6(1) and 7 to F39D have been satisfactorily completed, the Certifying Authority may extend the validity of that Certificate so that the certificate is valid for a maximum period of five years.

Where a renewal survey required under regulations 6(1) and 7 to 9 F4to 9A F5or a survey required at the same time as such renewal survey under regulation 9B F6, 9C or 9D has been satisfactorily completed before the expiry of the relevant Convention Certificate F7or an HSC Code Safety Certificate for Offshore Service Craft but the new certificate cannot be issued or placed on board the ship before the expiry of the existing certificate, the Certifying Authority may endorse the existing certificate as valid for a period not exceeding 5 months from the expiry date.

Where a renewal survey required under regulations 6(1) and 7 to 9 F8to 9A F9or a survey required at the same time as such renewal survey under regulation 9B F10, 9C or 9D has not been satisfactorily completed before the expiry of the relevant Convention Certificate F11or HSC Code Safety Certificate for Offshore Service Craft and at the time of expiry the ship is not in a port in which it is to be surveyed, the 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.

Where no other extension has been granted, the Certifying Authority may extend the validity of a Convention Certificate F12or HSC Code Safety Certificate for Offshore Service Craft of ships engaged on short voyages for a period of no more than one month.

An extension of validity under paragraph (1) or (2), and, except in special circumstances as determined by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, an extension of validity under paragraph (3) or (4), shall be disregarded for the purposes of determining the date of expiry of an existing Convention Certificate F13or HSC Code Safety Certificate for Offshore Service Craft under regulation 15(2) or (3).