Merchant Shipping Act 1950

Inspection of crew accommodation (s. 3 of 1948 Act)

5 Whenever a fishing boat to which regulations made under section one of this Act apply is registered or re-registered in the United Kingdom under Part I or Part IV of the principal Act and whenever a complaint in respect of crew accommodation in any such fishing boat is duly made in accordance with the regulations, and on such other occasions as may be prescribed by the regulations, a surveyor of ships shall inspect the crew accommodation.

6 If, upon any such inspection, the surveyor is satisfied that the crew accommodation complies with the regulations, he shall (except where the inspection is made in consequence of a complaint) give to the registrar of British ships a certificate specifying as space deductible under section seventy-nine of the principal Act the whole of the space comprised in that accommodation, except any part thereof required by the regulations to be disregarded in estimating the space so to be deducted.

7 If, upon any such inspection, it appears to the surveyor that the accommodation does not comply in all respects with the regulations, he may give to the registrar a certificate specifying as space deductible as aforesaid such part of the space comprised in the accommodation as he considers appropriate having regard to the extent to which it complies with the regulations, but if he does not give such a certificate he shall report to the registrar that no space is deductible as aforesaid:

Provided that the surveyor shall not be required to make such .a report as aforesaid—

(a) if the inspection is made on the occasion of the registration or re-registration of the fishing boat; or

(b) if it appears to him that the failure to comply with the regulations is not substantial and will be remedied within a reasonable time.

8 Where any certificate is given or report made under either of the two last preceding paragraphs in respect of a fishing boat already registered, any certificate previously given thereunder in respect of that fishing boat shall cease to have effect, and the register tonnage of the fishing boat shall be altered accordingly.

9 In respect of any inspection of a fishing boat carried out by a surveyor for the purposes of this Schedule, there shall be paid such fees as may be prescribed by regulations made under section one of this Act.

10 Regulations made under section one of this Act may require the skipper of any fishing boat to which the regulations apply, or any officer authorised by him for the purpose, to carry out such inspections of the crew accommodation as may be prescribed by the regulations, and to record, in such manner as may be so prescribed, such particulars of any such inspection as may be so prescribed.