PART IIMPLEMENTATION OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 95/21/EC
Inspection commitments5.
(1)
The Marine Safety Agency shall carry out an annual total number of inspections corresponding to at least 25% of the number of individual ships to which this Part of these Regulations apply which entered its ports during a representative calendar year.
(2)
In selecting ships for inspection the Marine Safety Agency shall give priority to the ships referred to in Annex I of M. 1639.
(3)
The Marine Safety Agency shall refrain from inspecting a ship which has been inspected by the competent authority of any member State in accordance with the Council Directive within the previous six months, provided that:
(a)
the ship is not in a category listed in Annex I of M. 1639, and
(b)
no deficiencies have been reported, following a previous inspection, and
(c)
no clear grounds exist for carrying out an inspection.
(4)
The provisions of paragraph (3) shall not apply to any of the operational controls specifically provided for in the Convention enactments.