Section 60
( 1)
of Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Regulations, 2003
Every passenger ship regardless of size and every cargo ship having a length, as defined in the International Convention on Load Lines for the time being in force, of 24 metres and upwards, shall be inclined upon its completion and the elements of its stability determined. The master of the ship shall be supplied with such information satisfactory to the Director as is necessary to enable him by rapid and simple processes to obtain accurate guidance as to the stability of the ship under varying conditions of service. A copy of the stability information shall be furnished to the Director.
(2J
Where any alteration is made to a ship which materially affects the stability information supplied to the master, an amended stability information shall be provided. If necessary the ship shall be re-inclined.
(3)
At periodical intervals, not exceeding 5 years, a lightweight survey shall be carried out on all passenger ships to verify any changes in lightship displace-ment and longitudinal centre of gravity. The ship shall be re-inclined whenever, in comparison with the approvea stability information, a deviation from the light-ship displacement exceeding 2o/o or a deviation of the longitudinal centre of gravity exceeding 1 o/o of L is found, or anticipated.
* Refer to the Code of Intact Stability for all types of ships covered by IMO Instruments adopted by the Organisation by resolution A.7491l8) as amended by resolution MSC.75{69).
Refer also to -
MSC/Circ.456, Guidelines for the Preparation of Intact Stability Information; MSC/
Circ. 706, Guidelines in Intact Stability of Existing Tankers during Transfer Operations; MSC/Circ. 707,
Guidelines to the Master for Avoiding Dangerous Situations in Following and Quartering Seas.
(4)
The Director may allow the inclining test of an individual ship as required by sub-regulation (1) to be dispensed with, provided that basic stability data are available from the inclining test of a sister ship and it is shown to the satisfaction of the Director that reliable stability information for the exempted ship can be obtained from such basic data.
[5)
The Director may also allow the inclining test of an individual ship, or class of ships, especially designed for the carriage of liquids or ore in bulk, to be dispensed with when reference to existing data for similar ships clearly indicates that due to the ship's proportions and arrangements, more than sufficient metacentric height will be available in all probable loading conditions.