(a) The life-saving appliances and arrangements
(except radio installations), the shipborne navigational equipment,
the fire safety systems and appliances and the inert gas system of
cargo ships of 500 gross tonnage and upwards to which chapters II-1, II-2, III and V apply,
shall be subject to initial and subsequent surveys as prescribed for
passenger ships in regulation 7 of
this chapter with the substitution of 24 months for 12 months in subparagraph
(a)(ii) of that regulation. The fire control plans in new ships and
means of embarkation of pilots, nautical publications, lights, shapes
and means of making sound signals carried by new and existing ships
shall be included in the surveys for the purpose of ensuring that
they comply fully with the requirements of the present regulations
and, where applicable, the International Regulations for Preventing
Collisions at Sea in force.footnote
(b) Intermediate surveys shall be made for tankers
of ten years of age and over, within three months before or after
the anniversary date of the Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate,
to ensure that equipment specified in paragraph (a) of this regulation
has been maintained in accordance with regulation
11 of this chapter and that it is in good working condition.
Such intermediate surveys shall be endorsed on the Cargo Ship Safety
Equipment Certificate issued in accordance with regulation 12(a)(iii) of this chapter.footnote