1. Such duly authenticated records as will provide
prima facie evidence of the safe condition of the lifting appliances
and items of loose gear concerned shall be kept, on shore or on the
ship as the case may be; they shall specify the safe working load
and the dates and results of the tests, thorough examinations and
inspections referred to in Articles 22, 23 and 24 of
this Convention: Provided that in the case of inspections referred
to in paragraph 1 of Article 24 of
this Convention, a record need only be made where the inspection discloses
a defect.
2. A register of the lifting appliances and items
of loose gear shall be kept in a form prescribed by the competent
authority, account being taken of the model recommended by the International
Labour Office.
3. The register shall comprise certificates granted
or recognised as valid by the competent authority, or certified true
copies of the said certificates, in a form prescribed by the competent
authority, account being taken of the models recommended by the International
Labour Office in respect of the testing, thorough examination and
inspection, as the case may be, of lifting appliances and items of
loose gear.