Regulation 11 - Duration and validity of certificates
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Regulation 11 - Duration and validity of certificates

  (1) An international Fishing Vessel Safety Certificate shall be issued for a period of not more than four years and shall not be extended for more than one year subject to the periodical and intermediate surveys as required in regulation 6(1)(b) and (c), except as provided for in paragraphs (2), (3) and (4). An International Fishing Vessel Exemption Certificate shall not be valid for longer than the period of the International Fishing Vessel Safety Certificate.

  (2) If at the time when the validity of its certificate expires or ceases, a vessel is not in a port of the Party whose flag the vessel is entitled to fly, the validity of the certificate may be extended by that Party, but such extension shall be granted only for the purpose of allowing the vessel to complete its voyage to a port of that Party or to the port in which it is to be surveyed, and then only in cases where it appears proper and reasonable to do so.

  (3) No certificates shall be thus extended for a period longer than five months and a vessel to which such extension is granted shall not, on its arrival in a port of the Party whose flag the vessel is entitled to fly or the port in which it is to be surveyed, be entitled by virtue of such extension to leave such port without having obtained a new certificate.

  (4) A certificate which has not been extended under the provisions of paragraph (2) may be extended by the Administration for a period of grace up to one month from the date of expiry stated on it.

  (5) A certificate issued under regulation 7 or 8 shall cease to be valid in any of the following cases:

  • (a) if the relevant surveys are not completed within the periods specified in regulation 6;

  • (b) if the certificate is not endorsed in accordance with the present regulations;

  • (c) upon transfer of the vessel to the flag of another State. A new certificate shall only be issued when the Government issuing the new certificate is fully satisfied that the vessel is in compliance with the requirements of regulation 6(3)(a) and (b). In the case of a transfer between Parties, if requested within three months after the transfer has taken place, the Government of the State whose flag the vessel was formerly entitled to fly shall, as soon as possible, transmit to the Administration copies of the certificates carried by the vessel before the transfer and, if available, copies of the relevant survey report.

Parent topic: Chapter I - General Provisions
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