Section 19
of Merchant Shipping (Load Line) Regulations, 2007
Section 19
(1)
An International Load Line Certificate or a Brunei Darussalam Load
Line Certificate shall be issued for a period specified by the Director, which shall not exceed 5 years.
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(2)
{a}
Notwithstanding the requirements of sub-regulation (1), when the renewal survey is completed within 3 months before the expiry date of the existing certificate, the new certificate shall be valid from the date of completion of the renewal survey to a date not exceeding 5 years from the date of expiry of the existing certificate.
{b) When the renewal survey is completed after the expiry date of the existing certificate, the new certificate shall be valid from the date of completion of the renewal survey to a date not exceeding 5 years from the date of expiry of the existing certificate.
{c)
When the renewal survey is completed more than 3 months before the expiry date of the existing certificate, the new certificate shall be valid from the date of completion of the renewal survey to a date not exceeding 5 years from the date of completion of the renewal survey.
(3)
If a certificate is issued for a period of less than 5 years, the Director may extend the validity of a certificate beyond the expiry date to the maximum period specified in sub-regulation (1), provided that the annual surveys referred to in regulation 14 applicable when a certificate is issued for a period of 5 years are .
carried out as appropriate.
(4)
If, after the renewal survey referred to in regulation 14(1){b), a new certificate cannot be issued to the ship before the expiry date of the existing certificate, the Certifying Authority may extend the validity of the existing certificate for a period which shall not exceed 5 months. This extension shall be endorsed on the certificate and shall be granted only where there have been no alterations to the structure, equipment, arrangements, materials or scantlings which affect the ship 1S freeboard.
(5)
If a ship at the time when a certificate expires is not in a port in which it is to be surveyed, the Director may extend the period of validity of the certificate but this extension shall be granted only for the purpose of allowing the ship to complete its voyage to the port in which it is to be surveyed, and then only in cases where it appears proper and reasonable to do so. No certificate shall be extended for a period longer than 3 months, and a ship to which an extension is granted shall not, on its arrival in the port in which it is to be surveyed, be entitled by virtue of such extension to leave that port without having a new certificate. When the renewal survey is completed, the new certificate shall be valid to a date not exceeding 5 years from the date of expiry of the existing certificate before the extension was granted.
(6)
A certificate issued to a ship engaged on short voyages which has not been extended under this regulation· may be extended by the Director for a period of grace of up to one month from the date of expiry stated on it. When the renewal survey is completed, the new certificate shall be valid to a date not exceeding 5 years from the date of expiry of the existing certificate before the extension was granted.
(7)
In special circumstances, as determined by the Director, a new certificate need not be dated from the expiry of the existing certificate as required by sub-regulations (2). (5), and (6). In these special circumstances, the new 1682
certificate shall be valid to a date not exceeding 5 years from the date of completion of the renewal survey.
(8)
If an annual survey is completed before the period specified in regulation 14 -
fa} the anniversary date shown on the certificate shall be amended by endorsement to a date which shall not be more than 3 months later than the date on which the survey was completed;
(b)
the subsequent annual survey required by regulation 14 shall be completed at the intervals prescribed by that regulation using the new anniversary date;
(c)
the expiry date may remain unchanged provided one or more annual surveys are carried out so that the maximum intervals between the surveys prescribed by regulation 14 are not exceeded.
(9)
An International Load Line Certificate or a Brunei Darussalam
Load Line Certificate shall cease to be valid if any of the following circumstances exist-
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fa}
material alterations have taken place in the hull or superstructures of the ship such as would necessitate the assignment of an increased freeboard;
(b)
the fittings and appliances mentioned in regulation 14(1)(c} are not maintained in an effective condition;
(c)
the certificate is not endorsed to show that the ship has been surveyed as provided in regulation 14(1)(c};
(d)
the structural strength of the ship is lowered to such an extent that the ship is unsafe.
( 10)
fa} The duration of an International Load Line Exemption Certificate or a Brunei Darussalam Load Line Exemption Certificate issued by the
Certifying Authority to a ship exempted under regulation 6(2) shall not exceed 5 years. Such certificate shall be subject to a renewal, endorsement, extension and cancellation procedure similar to that provided for an
International Load Line Certificate or a Brunei Darussalam Load Line
Certificate under this regulation.
(b)
The duration of an International Load Line Exemption Certificate or a Brunei Darussalam Load Line Exemption Certificate issued to a ship exempted under regulation 6(4) shall be limited to the single voyage for which it is issued.
( 11)
A certificate issued to a ship by the Certifying Authority shall cease to be valid upon the transfer of such a ship to the flag of another State.
(12)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the present Convention, any certificate which is issued under the Merchant Shipping (Load Line)
Regulations, 1984 (S 25/84) immediately in force prior to these Regulations and which is valid before the date of commencement of these Regulations shall remain valid until it expires.
Acceptance of certificates.