Form of Safety Certificate for Passenger Ships
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Form of Safety Certificate for Passenger Ships

PASSENGER SHIP SAFETY CERTIFICATE
     
This Certificate shall be supplemented by a Record of Equipment for Passenger Ship Safety (Form P)
(Official seal)   (State)
for an/a short footnote international voyage
     
Issued under the provisions of the
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE
AT SEA, 1974, as modified by the Protocol of 1988 relating thereto
     
under the authority of the Government of
     
_______________________________
(name of the State)
     
by _______________________________
(person or organization authorized)
     
Particulars of ship footnote
Name of ship ........................................................................................................................
Distinctive number or letters ................................................................................................
Port of registry .....................................................................................................................
Gross tonnage .....................................................................................................................
Sea areas in which ship is certified to operate (regulation IV/2) ...............................................
IMO Numberfootnote....................................................................................
Date of build:    
  Date of building contract .................................................................................................................
  Date on which keel was laid or ship was at similar stage of construction ............................................
  Date of delivery .............................................................................................................................
  Date on which work for a conversion or an alteration or modification of a major character was commenced (where applicable) ............................................................
All applicable dates shall be completed.
THIS IS TO CERTIFY :
1 That the ship has been surveyed in accordance with the requirements of regulation I/7 of the Convention.
2 That the survey showed that:
2.1 the ship complied with the requirements of the Convention as regards:

.1 the structure, main and auxiliary machinery, boilers and other pressure vessels;

.2 the watertight subdivision arrangements and details;

.3 the following subdivision load lines:

Subdivision load lines assigned and marked on the ship's side amidships (regulation II-1/18)footnote Freeboard To apply when the spaces in which passengers are carried include the following alternative spaces
P1 ........ .......................................................
P2 ........ .......................................................
P3 ........ .......................................................
2.2 the ship complied with the requirements of the Convention as regards structural fire protection, fire safety systems and appliances and fire control plans;
2.3 the life-saving appliances and the equipment of the lifeboats, liferafts and rescue boats were provided in accordance with the requirements of the Convention;
2.4 the ship was provided with a line-throwing appliance and radio installations used in life-saving appliances in accordance with the requirements of the Convention;
2.5 the ship complied with the requirements of the Convention as regards radio installations;
2.6 the functioning of the radio installations used in life-saving appliances complied with the requirements of the Convention;
2.7 the ship complied with the requirements of the Convention as regards shipborne navigational equipment, means of embarkation for pilots and nautical publications;
2.8 the ship was provided with lights, shapes, means of making sound signals and distress signals in accordance with the requirements of the Convention and the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea in force;
2.9 in all other respects the ship complied with the relevant requirements of the Convention;
2.10 the ship was/was notfootnote subjected to an alternative design and arrangements in pursuance of regulation(s) II-1/55 / II-2/17 / III/38 footnote of the Convention;
2.11 a Document of approval of alternative design and arrangements for machinery and electrical installations/fire protection/life-saving appliances and arrangementsfootnote is/is notfootnote appended to this Certificate.
3 That an Exemption Certificate has/has notfootnote been issued.
     
This certificate is valid until ..................................................................................................
     
Completion date of the survey on which this certificate is based: ..................................(dd/mm/yyyy)
 
Issued at ..............................................................................................................................
(Place of issue of certificate)
     
....................................... ......................................................................
(Date of Issue) (Signature of authorized official issuing the certificate)
     
(Seal or stamp of the issuing authority, as appropriate)
     
Endorsement where the renewal survey has been completed and regulation I/14(d) applies
The ship complies with the relevant requirements of the Convention, and this certificate shall, in accordance with regulation I/14(d) of the Convention, be accepted as valid until ........................
Signed:..............................................................................................................................................
(Signature of authorized official)
Place: ................................................................................................................................................
Date: ........................................................................................................................................................................
(Seal or stamp of the authority, as appropriate)
     
Endorsement to extend the validity of the certificate until reaching the port of survey or for a period of grace where regulation I/14(e) or I/14(f) applies
This certificate shall, in accordance with regulation I/14(e)/I/14(f)footnote of the Convention, be accepted as valid until ………………………………………………………
Signed:..............................................................................................................................................
(Signature of authorized official)
Place: ................................................................................................................................................
Date: ........................................................................................................................................................................
(Seal or stamp of the authority, as appropriate)
Parent topic: Appendix - Certificates relating to the Protocol of 1988
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