PART 3Certification

Issue and endorsement of documents by other governmentsI110

Where—

a

the Secretary of State has asked the government of a country which is party to SOLAS to conduct an audit of the safety management system operated onboard a United Kingdom ship;

b

that government is satisfied that it is appropriate to issue or endorse a relevant document in accordance with the ISM Code, pursuant to that request; and

c

that government has issued or endorsed such a document,

that document has the same effect for the purposes of United Kingdom law as if it had been issued or endorsed by the Secretary of State.