Section 2 Withdrawal/Suspension of class

2.1.1 When the class of a linkspan is withdrawn by the Committee in consequence of a request from the operators, the notation `Class withdrawn at Operator's request' (with date) will be assigned.

2.2.1 When the Regulations for surveys on the structural components, equipment or engineering systems, as appropriate, have not been complied with and the linkspan is thereby not entitled to retain class, the class will be suspended, at the discretion of the Committee, and a corresponding notation will be assigned.

2.2.2 Class will be automatically suspended and the Certificate of Class will become invalid if the Annual or Intermediate Survey is not completed within three months of the due date of the survey.

2.2.3 Class will be automatically suspended from the expiry date of the Certificate of Class in the event that the Special Survey has not been completed by the due date and an extension has not been agreed (see Pt 1, Ch 2, 4.5 Existing linkspans - Periodical Surveys 4.5.8 and Pt 1, Ch 2, 4.5 Existing linkspans - Periodical Surveys 4.5.10), or that the facility is not under attendance by the Surveyors with a view to completion of the survey prior to resuming operation.

2.2.4 When in accordance with Pt 1, Ch 2, 4.6 Damages, repairs and alterations 4.6.3 a condition of class is imposed, a due date will be assigned for completion and the linkspan's class will be subject to a suspension procedure if the condition of class is not dealt with satisfactorily, or postponed by agreement, by the due date.

2.2.5 When it is found, from the reported condition of the structural components, equipment or machinery of a linkspan, that an operator has failed to comply with Regulations Pt 1, Ch 2, 1.1 General 1.1.7 Pt 1, Ch 2, 4.6 Damages, repairs and alterations 4.6.1, Pt 1, Ch 2, 4.6 Damages, repairs and alterations 4.6.4 or Pt 1, Ch 2, 4.6 Damages, repairs and alterations 4.6.5 the class may be suspended by the Committee, and a corresponding notation assigned. When it is considered that an operator's failure to comply with these requirements is sufficiently serious the suspension of class may be extended to include other linkspans controlled by the same operators, at the discretion of the Committee.

2.2.6 When it is found that a linkspan is being operated in a manner contrary to that agreed at the time of classification, i.e. outwith the approved design loadings and environmental conditions, the class may be suspended.

2.3.1 In all instances of class withdrawal or suspension, the withdrawn or suspended class notation, with date of application, will appear in the Maritime Guide. In cases where class has been suspended by the Committee and it becomes apparent that the operators no longer intend to retain LR's class, the notation will be amended to withdrawn status. After class withdrawn status has been established in the Maritime Guide for one year, it will be automatically amended to `classed LR until' (with date).