Issue of a passenger ship safety certificate

8.—(1) Subject to the payment of any fee due under the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2006(1), 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.

(1)

S.I. 2006/2055.