The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 2008

Issue of IAPP Certificates in respect of ships which are not United Kingdom ships

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13.—(1) When requested to do so by a Contracting Government, the Secretary of State—

(a)may cause a survey to be carried out in respect of a ship to which this regulation applies, and

(b)must, subject to the payment of [F1the prescribed fee], issue in respect of that ship an IAPP certificate, or endorse the IAPP Certificate, in accordance with the requirements of Annex VI, if the Secretary of State is satisfied that the requirements of Annex VI are complied with.

(2) An IAPP Certificate issued pursuant to paragraph (1) must—

(a)be in English in the form set out in Appendix 1 to Annex VI,

(b)contain a statement that it has been so issued, and

(c)have the same effect as if it had been issued by the Contracting Government who made the request referred to in paragraph (1) and not by the Secretary of State.

(3) The Secretary of State must send as soon as possible to the Contracting Government who made the request referred to in paragraph (1) a copy of—

(a)the IAPP Certificate issued pursuant to that paragraph, and

(b)the survey report.

(4) The Secretary of State must not issue an IAPP Certificate in respect of a ship which —

(a)is registered in a country whose Government is not a Contracting Government, or

(b)is not registered, but is entitled to fly the flag of a country whose Government is not a Contracting Government.

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