9.1 A Certificate called a Wing-in-ground Craft Safety Certificate is issued after
completion of an initial or renewal survey to a craft which complies with the provisions
of the Guidelines. The Certificate should be issued or endorsed either by the
Administration or by any person or organization recognized by it. In every case, that
Administration assumes full responsibility for the Certificate.
9.2 A Contracting Government to the Convention may, at the request of the
Administration, cause a craft to be surveyed and, if satisfied that the provisions of
the Guidelines are complied with, should issue or authorize the issue of a Certificate
to the craft and, where appropriate, endorse or authorize the endorsement of a
Certificate for the craft in accordance with the Guidelines. Any Certificate so issued
should contain a statement to the effect that it has been issued at the request of the
Government of the State the flag of which the craft is entitled to fly, and it should
have the same force and receive the same recognition as a Certificate issued under 9.1.
9.3 The Certificate should be of the model given in annex 1. If the language used is
neither English, French nor Spanish, the text should include a translation into one of
these languages.
9.4 The Wing-in-ground Craft Safety Certificate should be issued for a period specified
by the Administration which should not exceed 5 years.
9.5 Notwithstanding the requirements of 9.4, when the renewal survey is completed within
three months before the expiry date of the existing Certificate, the new Certificate
should be valid from the date of completion of the renewal survey to a date not
exceeding 5 years from the date of expiry of the existing Certificate.
9.6 When the renewal survey is completed after the expiry date of the existing
Certificate, the new Certificate should be valid from the date of completion of the
renewal survey to a date not exceeding 5 years from the date of expiry of the existing
Certificate.
9.7 When the renewal survey is completed more than 3 months before the expiry date of
the existing Certificate, the new Certificate should be valid from the date of
completion of the renewal survey to a date not exceeding 5 years from the date of
completion of the renewal survey.
9.8 If a Certificate is issued for a period of less than 5 years, the Administration may
extend the validity of the Certificate beyond the expiry date to the maximum period
specified in 9.4, provided that the surveys required when a Certificate is issued for a
period of 5 years are carried out.
9.9 If a renewal survey has been completed and a new Certificate cannot be issued or
placed on board the craft before the expiry date of the existing Certificate, the person
or organization authorized by the Administration may endorse the existing Certificate
and such a Certificate should be accepted as valid for a further period which should not
exceed 5 months from the expiry date.
9.10 If a craft, at the time when a Certificate expires, is not in the place in which it
is to be surveyed, the Administration may extend the period of validity of the
Certificate but this extension should be granted only for the purpose of allowing the
craft to proceed to the place where it is to be surveyed, and then only in cases where
it appears proper and reasonable to do so. No Certificate should be extended for a
period longer than one month, and a craft to which an extension is granted should not,
on its arrival at the place where it is to be surveyed, be entitled by virtue of such
extension to leave that place without having a new Certificate. When the renewal survey
is completed, the new Certificate should be valid to a date not exceeding 5 years from
the date of expiry of the existing Certificate before the extension was granted.
9.11 In special circumstances, as determined by the Administration, a new Certificate
need not be dated from the date of expiry of the existing Certificate as required by 9.6
or 9.10. In these circumstances, the new Certificate should be valid to a date not
exceeding 5 years from the date of completion of the renewal survey.
9.12 If a periodical survey is completed before the period specified in section 6 then:
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.1 the anniversary date shown on the relevant Certificate should be amended by
endorsement to a date which should not be more than 3 months later than the date
on which the survey was completed;
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.2 the subsequent periodical survey required by section 6 should be completed at
the intervals prescribed by 6.1.3, using the new anniversary date; and
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.3 the expiry date may remain unchanged provided one or more periodical surveys
are carried out so that the maximum intervals between the surveys prescribed by
6.1.3 are not exceeded.
9.13 A Certificate issued under 9.1 or 9.2 should cease to be valid in any of the
following cases:
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.1 if the relevant surveys are not completed within the periods specified in 6.1;
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.2 if the Certificate is not endorsed in accordance with 6.3; or
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.3 upon transfer of the craft to the flag of another State. A new Certificate
should only be issued when the Government issuing the new Certificate is fully
satisfied that the craft is in compliance with the requirements of 8.1 and 8.2. In
the case of a transfer between Governments that are Contracting Governments to the
Convention, if requested within 3 months after the transfer has taken place, the
Government of the State whose flag the craft was formerly entitled to fly should,
as soon as possible, transmit to the Administration a copy of the Certificate
carried by the craft before the transfer and, if available, copies of the relevant
survey reports.
9.14 The privileges of the Guidelines may not be claimed in favour of any craft unless
it holds a valid Certificate.