The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from Ships) Regulations 2020

Issue of Sewage Certificates by another Contracting State in respect of United Kingdom ships

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15.—(1) The Secretary of State may request a Contracting State to survey a United Kingdom ship and, if the Contracting State is satisfied that the ship complies with the requirements of the Convention, to issue, or authorise the issue of, a Sewage Certificate in respect of that ship.

(2) Where a Sewage Certificate is issued pursuant to paragraph (1)

(a)the Secretary of State is to be treated as the Certifying Authority in relation to it; and

(b)any reference in these Regulations to the Certifying Authority who issued the Certificate is to be treated as a reference to the Secretary of State.