Merchant Shipping Act 1995

6 (1) Where a United Kingdom ship to which this Schedule applies has been surveyed and marked in accordance with the load line rules, the appropriate certificate shall be issued to the owner of the ship on his application.

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph the appropriate certificate—

(a) in the case of a pre-1966 Convention ship of not less than 150 tons gross tonnage, and in the case of a post-1966 Convention ship of not less than 24 metres in length, is a certificate which shall continue to be called an “International Load Line Certificate (1966)”, and

(b) in the case of any other ship, is a certificate which shall continue to be called a “United Kingdom load line certificate”.

(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (4) below, any certificate required by sub-paragraph (1) above to be issued—

(a) shall be issued by the Secretary of State or by a person authorised for that purpose by the Secretary of State, and

(b) shall be in such form, and shall be issued in such manner, as may be prescribed by the load line rules.

(4) The Secretary of State may request a Contracting Government, other than Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, to issue an International Load Line Certificate (1966) in respect of any ship to which this Schedule applies which is a United Kingdom ship falling within sub-paragraph (2)(a) above; and the following provisions of this Schedule shall have effect in relation to such a certificate so issued, which contains a statement that it has been issued at the request of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, as they have effect in relation to an International Load Line Certificate (1966) issued by the Secretary of State.