1. Inspectors shall have the status and conditions
of service to ensure that they are independent of changes of government
and of improper external influences.
2. Inspectors provided with proper credentials
shall be empowered:
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(a) to board a ship registered in the territory
of the Member and to enter premises as necessary for inspection;
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(b) to carry out any examination, test or inquiry
which they may consider necessary in order to satisfy themselves that
the legal provisions are being strictly observed;
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(c) to require that deficiencies are remedied;
and
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(d) where they have grounds to believe that a
deficiency constitutes a significant danger to seafarers' health and
safety, to prohibit, subject to any right of appeal to a judicial
or administrative authority, a ship from leaving port until necessary
measures are taken, the ship not being unreasonably detained or delayed.