Regulation 18 Ship sanitation certificates: form; period of validity and retentionI1

A Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate or Ship Sanitation Control Certificate must conform to the model in Annex 3 to the IHR which is reproduced at Schedule 2.

A ship sanitation certificate issued under regulation 15 or 16 shall be valid for six months beginning with the date of issue.

The Board must retain a copy of any ship sanitation certificate issued by it for a period of one year beginning with the date of issue.