(a) A Passenger Ship Safety Certificate shall
be issued for a period not exceeding 12 months. A Cargo Ship Safety
Construction Certificate, Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate
and Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificate shall be issued for a period
specified by the Administration which shall not exceed five years.
An Exemption Certificate shall not be valid for longer than the period
of the certificate to which it refers.
(b)
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(i) notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph
(a), when the renewal survey is completed within three months before
the expiry date of the existing certificate, the new certificate shall
be valid from the date of completion of the renewal survey to:
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(1) for a passenger ship, a date not exceeding
12 months from the date of expiry of the existing certificate;
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(2) for a cargo ship, a date not exceeding five
years from the date of expiry of the existing certificate;
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(ii) when the renewal survey is completed after
the expiry date of the existing certificate, the new certificate shall
be valid from the date of completion of the renewal survey to:
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(1) for a passenger ship, a date not exceeding
12 months from the date of expiry of the existing certificate;
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(2) for a cargo ship, a date not exceeding five
years from the date of expiry of the existing certificate;
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(iii) when the renewal survey is completed more
than three months before the expiry date of the existing certificate,
the new certificate shall be valid from the date of completion of
the renewal survey to:
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(1) for a passenger ship, a date not exceeding
12 months from the date of completion of the renewal survey;
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(2) for a cargo ship, a date not exceeding five
years from the date of completion of the renewal survey.
(c) If a certificate other than a Passenger Ship
Safety Certificate is issued for a period of less than five years,
the Administration may extend the validity of the certificate beyond
the expiry date to the maximum period specified in paragraph (a),
provided that the surveys referred to in regulations
8, 9 and 10 applicable when a certificate is issued
for a period of 5 years are carried out as appropriate.
(d) If a renewal survey has been completed and
a new certificate cannot be issued or placed on board the ship 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 shall be accepted as valid for a further period
which shall not exceed 5 months from the expiry date.
(e) If a ship at the time when a certificate expires
is not in a port in which it is to be surveyed, the Administration
may extend the period of validity of the certificate but this extension
shall be granted only for the purpose of allowing the ship to complete
its voyage to the port in which it is to be surveyed, and then only
in cases where it appears proper and reasonable to do so. No certificate
shall be extended for a period longer than three months, and a ship
to which an extension is granted shall not, on its arrival in the
port in which it is to be surveyed, be entitled by virtue of such
extension to leave that port without having a new certificate. When
the renewal survey is completed, the new certificate shall be valid
to:
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(i) for a passenger ship, a date not exceeding
12 months from the date of expiry of the existing certificate before
the extension was granted;
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(ii) for a cargo ship, a date not exceeding 5
years from the date of expiry of the existing certificate before the
extension was granted.
(f) A certificate issued to a ship engaged on
short voyages which has not been extended under the foregoing provisions
of this regulation may be extended by the Administration for a period
of grace of up to one month from the date of expiry stated on it.
When the renewal survey is completed, the new certificate shall be
valid to:
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(i) for a passenger ship, a date not exceeding
12 months from the date of expiry of the existing certificate before
the extension was granted;
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(ii) for a cargo ship, a date not exceeding 5
years from the date of expiry of the existing certificate before the
extension was granted.
(g) 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 paragraphs (b)(ii),
(e) or (f). In these special circumstances, the new certificate shall
be valid to:
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(i) for a passenger ship, a date not exceeding
12 months from the date of completion of the renewal survey;
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(ii) for a cargo ship, a date not exceeding five
years from the date of completion of the renewal survey.
(h) If an annual, intermediate or periodical survey
is completed before the period specified in the relevant regulations
then:
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(i) the anniversary date shown on the relevant
certificate shall be amended by endorsement to a date which shall
not be more than three months later than the date on which the survey
was completed;
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(ii) the subsequent annual, intermediate or periodical
survey required by the relevant regulations shall be completed at
the intervals prescribed by these regulations using the new anniversary
date;
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(iii) the expiry date may remain unchanged provided
one or more annual, intermediate or periodical surveys, as appropriate,
are carried out so that the maximum intervals between the surveys
prescribed by the relevant regulations are not exceeded.
(i) A certificate issued under regulation 12 or 13 shall cease to be valid in any of the following cases:
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(i) if the relevant surveys and inspections are
not completed within the periods specified under regulations 7(a), 8(a), 9(a) and 10(a);
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(ii) if the certificate is not endorsed in accordance
with the present regulations;
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(iii) upon transfer of the ship 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 ship is in
compliance with the requirements of regulation
11(a) and (b). In the case
of a transfer between Contracting Governments, if requested within
three months after the transfer has taken place, the Government of
the State whose flag the ship was formerly entitled to fly shall,
as soon as possible, transmit to the Administration copies of the
certificates carried by the ship before the transfer and, if available,
copies of the relevant survey reports.