The Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules 1975

Surveys

124.  A surveyor appointed by the Secretary of State shall survey the vessel, after such plans, drawings, specifications, documents and information as he may require have been provided for his use by the owner of the vessel and any fee payable has been paid, in order to ascertain whether the vessel complies with such requirements of Parts II and III of these Rules as apply to it and for that purpose may require the vessel and any of its machinery, fittings and equipment to be submitted to such tests as he considers necessary, except that in the case of vessels classed with Lloyd's Register of Shipping or in respect of which a grant or loan has been made or is to be made under the Sea Fish Industry Act 1970 and which are thereby subject to inspection by a person authorised by the White Fish Authority or the Herring Industry Board, a surveyor appointed by Lloyd's Register of Shipping, the White Fish Authority or the Herring Industry Board, as the case may be, may survey the vessel in order to ascertain whether the vessel complies with such requirements of Rules 2 to 14 inclusive and 17 to 54 inclusive of these Rules as apply to it and for that purpose may require the vessel and any of its machinery, fittings and equipment to be submitted to such tests as he considers necessary.