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[接上页] (5) A cargo ship safety equipment certificate shall be valid for 5 years from the date of issue or for such shorter period as may be specified in the certificate. The certificate shall be supplemented by a Record of Equipment. (L.N. 34 of 2000) (6) Where a renewal survey of the ship in respect of which an extension of the cargo ship safety equipment certificate is granted under regulation 5A is completed, the new cargo ship safety equipment certificate issued in consequence of the survey shall be valid for 5 years from the date of expiry of the existing certificate before the extension was granted or for such shorter period as may be specified in the certificate or, if the Director considers it is appropriate in the special circumstances of the case, valid for 5 years from the date of completion of the renewal survey or for such shorter period as may be specified in the certificate. (L.N. 34 of 2000) (7) In this regulation, "Record of Equipment" (设备纪录) means a record issued by the Director or a person authorized by him setting out the details of safety equipment provided on a ship on the date of issue of the cargo ship safety equipment certificate. (L.N. 34 of 2000) (Enacted 1991) Cap 369T reg 5 Periodical and annual surveys (1) The owner or master of a ship in respect of which a cargo ship safety equipment certificate has been issued shall, so long as the certificate remains in force, have the ship surveyed at the intervals and in the manner specified in subregulations (2) and (4), for the purpose of seeing whether the certificate should remain in force, and if the ship is not so surveyed, the Director may cancel the certificate. (2) The survey referred to in subregulation (1) shall be as follows- (a) a periodical survey within 3 months before or after the second anniversary date or within 3 months before or after the third anniversary date of the cargo ship safety equipment certificate, which shall take the place of an annual survey to be carried out in the same year in which the periodical survey is carried out. The periodical survey shall include an inspection of the safety equipment of the ship to ensure that the equipment complies with the requirements of the Safety Regulations, is in satisfactory condition and is fit for the service for which the ship is intended; (b) an annual survey within 3 months before or after each anniversary date of the cargo ship safety equipment certificate. The annual survey shall include a general inspection of the safety equipment of the ship to ensure that the equipment has been maintained in accordance with the requirements of the Safety Regulations, and that it remains in satisfactory condition and is fit for the service for which the ship is intended and to ensure that the ship in all respects remains fit to proceed to sea without danger to the ship or persons on board. (L.N. 34 of 2000)(2A) If a periodical survey is completed before the period specified in subregulation (2)(a) then- (a) a new date, which shall not be more than 3 months after the date on which the survey was completed, shall be endorsed by the surveyor on the cargo ship safety equipment certificate to be the date for ascertaining subsequent anniversary dates; (b) the subsequent annual survey required under subregulation (2)(b) shall be carried out at the intervals prescribed by that subregulation using the new date in paragraph (a) as the anniversary date; and (c) the expiry date of the certificate may remain unchanged provided one or more annual surveys are carried out so that the maximum intervals between the surveys prescribed by subregulation (2)(b) are not exceeded. (L.N. 34 of 2000)(2B) If an annual survey is completed before the period specified in subregulation (2)(b) then- (a) a new date, which shall not be more than 3 months after the date on which the survey was completed, shall be endorsed by the surveyor on the cargo ship safety equipment certificate to be the date for ascertaining subsequent anniversary dates; (b) the subsequent periodical or annual survey required under subregulation (2)(a) or (b) shall be carried out at the intervals prescribed by that subregulation using the new date in paragraph (a) as the anniversary date; and (c) the expiry date of the certificate may remain unchanged provided one or more periodical or annual surveys, as appropriate, are carried out so that the maximum intervals between the surveys prescribed by subregulation (2)(a) or (b) are not exceeded. (L.N. 34 of 2000)(3) Every application for the survey of a ship under this regulation shall be made by or on behalf of the owner or master of the ship to the Certifying Authority and shall be accompanied by such information relating to the ship as the surveyor may require for the purposes of the survey. (4) Without prejudice to the generality of subregulation (2), the surveyor, in carrying out the periodical and annual surveys under subregulation (2) shall survey the ship to which the application relates in accordance with the procedures specified in Schedule 1 and shall satisfy himself- (L.N. 34 of 2000) |