Regulation 6 Surveys of passenger ships

(1)

Subject to paragraph (4), a United Kingdom passenger ship shall be subject to the inspections and surveys mentioned in paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

Those inspections are an annual inspection of the ship's bottom, of which two inspections within any five year period are to take place out of the water at intervals not exceeding 36 months.

(3)

Those surveys are–

(a)

before the ship is put in service, a passenger ship initial survey, and

(b)

before the end of every period of 12 months following the issue of the ship's Passenger Ship Safety Certificate, a passenger ship renewal survey.

(4)

A United Kingdom passenger ship to which the Directive applies shall be subject to a passenger ship initial survey, and to periodical and additional surveys, as set out in the Directive.