1.5.1 Following a satisfactory initial survey
of an offshore support vessel, the Administration or its duly authorized
organization should issue a certificate, the model form of which is
set out in appendix 2, suitably
endorsed to certify compliance with the provisions of the Guidelines.
If the language used is not English, French or Spanish, the text should
include the translation into one of these languages. The certificate
should indicate the cargoes regulated by these Guidelines that the
vessel is permitted to carry with any relevant carriage conditions
and should have a period of validity not to exceed five years.
1.5.2 The certificate issued under these Guidelines
should have the same force and receive the same recognition as the
certificate issued under Regulations
7 and 9 of Annex II
of MARPOL 73/78 and Regulations VII/10 and VII/13 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention,
as amended.
1.5.3 When the vessel is constructed to carry
substances having only a marine pollution hazard, then the International
Pollution Prevention Certificate for the Carriage of Noxious Liquid
Substances in Bulk required under MARPOL 73/78, Annex II may be suitably
endorsed and serve the purpose of 1.5.1.
1.5.4 The validities of the certificates referred
to in 1.5.1 and 1.5.3 should be subject to the periodical, intermediate,
annual, and additional surveys required by the International Bulk
Chemical Code, the International Gas Carrier Code and MARPOL 73/78, Annex II.