Regulation 9A Surveys of HSOSCF1

(1)

An HSOSC is subject to the following surveys of its structure, safety equipment, radio installations and other equipment—

(a)

before the HSOSC is put in service or before the HSC Code Safety Certificate for Offshore Service Craft is issued for the first time, an initial survey;

(b)

at the intervals specified in the HSOSC Code, a renewal survey;

(c)

within three months before or after each anniversary date of a HSC Code Safety Certificate for Offshore Service Craft, a periodical survey; and

(d)

an additional survey as the occasion arises.

(2)

This regulation does not apply to an HSOSC which is not a United Kingdom ship but which is registered with a State with which the Secretary of State has entered into an administrative arrangement to accept certificates of a particular name or description which are equivalent to an HSC Code Safety Certificate for Offshore Service Craft.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 9A inserted (9.2.2022) by The Merchant Shipping (High Speed Offshore Service Craft) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/41), regs. 1(2), 6(3) (with reg. 3)