Issue of UKOPP certificates
13.—(1) This regulation applies to—
(a)an oil tanker of 150 GT and above; and
(b)a ship of 400 GT and above which is not an oil tanker,
which is not engaged in international voyages.
(2) Subject to the payment of any fee due under the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2018, following completion of an initial or renewal survey a Certifying Authority must issue a UKOPP Certificate in respect of any ship described in paragraph (1) if that Certifying Authority is satisfied that the requirements of Annex I are complied with in respect of that ship.
(3) A UKOPP certificate issued in accordance with this regulation must be in the form prescribed in Appendix II to Annex I, including the Supplements, subject to the modifications in paragraph (4).
(4) The modifications are that—
(a)references to an “IOPP Certificate” are substituted by a reference to a “UKOPP Certificate”;
(b)provisions relating to the “endorsement for annual and intermediate surveys”, or an “annual/ intermediate survey in accordance with regulation 10.8.3” are omitted.