Issue of a passenger ship safety certificate8.

(1)

Subject to the payment of any fee due under the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 20066, on being notified by a surveyor that the surveyor—

(a)

has carried out an initial survey or a renewal survey in respect of a ship to which these Regulations apply, and

(b)

is satisfied at the date of the survey that the requirements of paragraph (2)(b) of regulation 6 or 7, as the case may be, are met,

the Secretary of State must issue a passenger ship safety certificate in respect of that ship in the form shown in Annex 8 to the Safety Code.

(2)

For the purpose of this regulation—

(a)

“initial survey” means a survey carried out under regulation 6; and

(b)

“renewal survey” means a survey carried out under regulation 7.