1.7.1 A certificate may be issued after survey
in accordance with 1.6 either by the Administration
or by any person or organization duly authorized by it. In every case
the Administration assumes full responsibility for the certificate.
1.7.2 The certificate should be drawn up in the
official language of the issuing country in the form corresponding
to the model given in the appendix to the Code. If the language used
is neither English nor French, the text should include a translation
into one of these languages.
1.7.3 The duration and validity of the certificate
should be governed by the respective provisions for cargo ships in
the 1974 SOLAS Convention as amended by the 1978 SOLAS Protocol.
1.7.4 If a certificate is issued for a special
purpose ship of less than 500 gross tonnage, this certificate should
indicate to what extend relaxations in accordance with 1.2 were accepted.