Survey of ships5.

(1)

A ship falling within paragraph (2) is subject to the following surveys—

(a)

before a Maritime Labour Certificate is first issued in relation to the ship, an initial survey by a certifying authority, as set out in Merchant Shipping Notice 1848(M),

(b)

within five years of the first issue of a Maritime Labour Certificate, and thereafter at intervals which must be no more than five years, a renewal survey by a certifying authority, as set out in Merchant Shipping Notice 1848(M),

(c)

in the period between the anniversary dates of a Maritime Labour Certificate in its second and third years of validity, an intermediate survey by a certifying authority, as set out in Merchant Shipping Notice 1848(M).

(2)

A ship falls within this paragraph if it is a ship of 500 gross tonnage or over which—

(a)

is engaged in international voyages,

(b)

is operating to and from a single port in a country other than the United Kingdom, or

(c)

is operating between ports in a country other than the United Kingdom.

(3)

A ship which does not fall within paragraph (2) is subject to a survey by a certifying authority as set out in Merchant Shipping Notice 1848(M).

(4)

In this regulation, “international voyage” means a voyage from a country to a port outside such a country.