Requirement for a passenger ship safety certificate – annual survey
10.—(1) Subject to regulation 4, a ship must not—
(a)be put into service, or
(b)(if it is already in service) continue in service,
after the end of any annual survey period for the ship unless the requirements set out in paragraph (2) are met.
(2) The requirements are that—
(a)a survey has been carried out in respect of the ship;
(b)the surveyor carrying out that survey is satisfied that—
(i)a Partial Declaration of Survey of a Passenger Ship has been issued in respect of the ship not more than three months before the anniversary date; and
(ii)the ship fully complies with the mandatory safety requirements or any alternative that has been permitted under regulation 5; and
(c)the surveyor carrying out that survey has endorsed the passenger ship safety certificate issued in respect of the ship to that effect in the form shown in Annex 8 to the Safety Code by the anniversary date.
(3) For the purpose of paragraph (2)(b)(ii), a ship fully complies with such of the mandatory safety requirements that are concerned with the operation of the ship if the surveyor is satisfied that there is sufficient evidence of procedures in place to indicate that the ship is able to fully comply with those operating requirements or any alternative that has been permitted under regulation 5.
(4) For the purpose of this regulation, a Partial Declaration of Survey of a Passenger Ship is a document by that name issued by a certifying authority, other than the Sea Fish Industry Authority, in the form shown in Annex 9 to the Safety Code asserting that in the opinion of that authority—
(a)the ship the subject of the Declaration fully complies with the construction standards of that authority, and
(b)the ship is fit for the purpose for which it is intended.
(5) In this regulation—
“anniversary date”, in relation to a ship, means the day and month each year which corresponds to the date of expiry of the passenger ship safety certificate which has been issued and which is still valid in respect of that ship; and
“annual survey period” means the period of three months ending on the anniversary date.