CONVENTION AND THE
1988 PROTOCOL THERETO
CHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS
PART A-APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS, ETC.
1 Application
2 Definitions
3 Exceptions
4 Exemptions
5 Equivalents
PART В-SURVEYS AND CERTIFICATES
6 Inspection and survey
7 Surveys of passenger ships
8 Surveys of life-saving
appliances and other equipment of cargo ships
9 Surveys of radio
installations of cargo ships
10 Surveys of structure,
machinery and equipment of cargo ships
11 Maintenance of conditions
after survey
12 Issue or endorsement of
certificates
13 Issue or endorsement of
certificates by another Government
14 Duration and validity of
certificates '
15 Forms of certificates and
records of equipment
16 Availability of
certificates
17 Acceptance of
certificates
18 Qualification of
certificates
19 Control
20 Privileges
PART С-CASUALTIES
21 Casualties
PART A -
APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS, ETC.
a) Unless expressly provided otherwise, the present regulations
apply only to ships engaged on international voyages.
b) The classes of ships to which each chapter applies are more
precisely defined, and the extent of the application is shown, in each chapter.
For the purpose of the present regulations, unless expressly
provided otherwise:
a) "regulations"
means the regulations contained in the Annex to the present Convention;
b)
"Administration" means the Government of the State whose flag the
ship is entitled to fly;
c) "approved"
means approved by the Administration;
d) "international
voyage" means a voyage from a country to which the present Convention
applies to a port outside such country, or conversely;
e) a passenger is every
person other than:
(i) the master and the
members of the crew or other persons employed or engaged in any capacity on
board a ship on the business of that snip; and
(ii) a child under one year
of age;
f) a passenger ship is a
ship which carries more than twelve passengers;
g) a cargo ship is any ship
which is not a passenger ship;
h) a tanker is a cargo ship
constructed or adapted for the carriage in bulk of liquid cargoes of an
inflammable* nature;
i) a fishing vessel is a
vessel used for catching fish, whales, seals, walrus or other living resources
of the sea;
j) a nuclear ship is a ship
provided with a nuclear power plant;
k) "new ship"
means a ship the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar stage of
construction on or after 25 May 1980;
l) "existing ship"
means a ship which is not a new ship; m) a mile is 1,852 metres or 6,080 feet;
n) "anniversary
date" means the day and the month of each year which will correspond to
the date of expiry of the relevant certificate.
a) The present regulations, unless expressly provided otherwise,
do not apply to:
(i) ships of war and
troopships;
(ii) cargo ships or less
than 500 tons gross tonnage;
(iii) ships not propelled by
mechanical means;
(iv) wooden ships of
primitive build;
(v) pleasure yachts not
engaged in trade;
(vi) fishing vessels.
b) Except as expressly provided in chapter V, nothing herein shall
apply to ships solely navigating the Great Lakes of North America and the River
St.Lawrence as far east as straight line drawn from Cap des Rosiers to West
Point, Anticosti Island and, on the north side of Anticosti Island, the 63rd
Meridian.
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* "Inflammable" has
the same meaning as "flammable".
a) A ship which is not normally engaged on international voyages
but which, in exceptional circumstances, is required to undertake a single
international voyage may be exempted by the Administration from any of the
requirements of the present regulations provided that it complies with safety
requirements which are adequate in the opinion of the Administration for the
voyage which is to be undertaken by the ship.
b) The Administration may exempt any ship which embodies features
of a novel kind from any of the provisions of chapters II-l, II-2, III and IV
of these regulations the application of which might seriously impede research
into the development of such features and their incorporation in ships engaged
on international voyages. Any such ship shall, however, comply with safety
requirements which, in the opinion of that Administration, are adequate for the
service for which it is intended and are such as to ensure the overall safety
of the ship and which are acceptable to the Governments of the States to be
visited by the ship. The Administration which allows any such exemption shall
communicate to the Organization particulars of same and the reasons therefore
which the Organization shall circulate to the Contracting Governments for their
information.
a) Where the present regulations require that a particular fitting,
material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, shall be fitted or carried
in a ship, or that any particular provision shall be made, the Administration
may allow any other fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof,
to be fitted or carried, or any other provision to be made in that ship, if it
is satisfied by trial thereof or otherwise that such fitting, material,
appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, or provision, is at least as effective
as that required by the present regulations.
b) Any Administration which so allows, in substitution, a fitting,
material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, or provision, shall
communicate to the Organization particulars thereof together with a report on
any trials made and the Organization shall circulate such particulars to other
Contracting Governments for the information of their officers.
PART В - SURVEYS AND
CERTIFICATES
Regulation 6.
Inspection and survey
a) The inspection and survey of ships, so far as regards the
enforcement of the provisions of the present regulations and the granting of
exemptions therefrom, shall be carried out by officers of the Administration,
The Administration may, however, entrust the inspections and surveys either to
surveyors nominated for the purpose or to organizations recognized by it.
b) An Administration nominating surveyors or recognizing
organizations to conduct inspections and survey's as set forth in paragraph a)
shall as a minimum empower any nominated surveyor or recognized organization
to:
(i) require repairs to a
ship;
(ii) carry out inspections
and surveys if requested by the appropriate authorities of a port State.
The Administration shall notify the Organization of the specific
responsibilities and conditions of the authority delegated to nominated
surveyors or recognized organizations.
c) When a nominated surveyor or recognized organization determines
that the condition of the ship or its equipment does not correspond
substantially with the particulars of the certificate or is such that the ship
is not fit to proceed to sea without danger to the ship, or persons on board,
such surveyor or organization shall immediately ensure that corrective action
is taken and shall in due course notify the Administration. If such corrective action
is not taken the relevant certificate should be withdrawn and the
Administration shall be notified immediately; and, if the ship is in the port
of another Party, the appropriated authorities of the port State shall also be
notified immediately. When an officer of the Administration, a nominated
surveyor or a recognized organization has notified the appropriate authorities
of the port State, the Government of the port State concerned shall give such
officer, surveyor or organization any necessary assistance to carry out their
obligations under this regulation. When applicable, the Government of the port
State concerned shall ensure that the ship shall not sail until it can proceed
to sea, or leave port for the purpose of proceeding to the appropriate repair
yard, without danger to the ship or persons on board.
d) In every case, the Administration shall fully guarantee the
completeness and efficiency of the inspection and survey, and shall undertake
to ensure the necessary arrangements to satisfy this obligation.
Regulation 7.
Surveys of passenger ships
a) A passenger ship shall be subject to the surveys specified
below:
(i) an initial survey before
the ship is put in service:
(ii) a renewal survey once
every 12 months, except where regulation 14 b), e), f) and g) is applicable;
(iii) additional surveys, as
occasion arises.
b) The surveys referred to above shall be carried out as follows:
(i) the initial survey shall
include a complete inspection of the ship's structure, machinery and equipment,
including the outside of the ship's bottom and the inside and outside of the
boilers. This survey shall be such as to ensure that the arrangements,
materials and scantlings of the structure, boilers and other pressure vessels
and their appurtenances, main and auxiliary machinery, electrical installation,
radio installations including those used in life-saving appliances, fire
protection, fire safety systems and appliances, life-saving appliances and
arrangements, shipborne navigational equipment, nautical publications, means of
embarkation for pilots and other equipment fully comply with the requirements
of the present regulations, and of the laws, decrees, orders and regulations
promulgated as a result thereof by the Administration for ships of the sendee for
which it is intended. The survey shall also be such as to ensure that the
workmanship of all parts of the ship and its equipment is in all respects
satisfactory, and that the ship is provided with the lights, shapes, means of
making sound signals and distress signals as required by the provisions of the
present regulations and the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions
at Sea in force;
(ii) the renewal survey
shall include an inspection of the structure, boilers and other pressure
vessels, machinery and equipment, including the outside of the ship's bottom.
The survey shall be such as to ensure that the ship, as regards the structure,
boilers and other pressure vessels and their appurtenances, main and auxiliary
machinery, electrical installation, radio installations including those used in
life-saving appliances, fire protection, fire safety systems and appliances,
and arrangements, shipborne navigational equipment, nautical publications,
means of embarkation for pilots and other equipment is in satisfactory
condition and is fit for the service for which it is intended, and that it
complies with the requirements of the present regulations promulgated as a
result thereof by the Administration. The lights, shapes, means of making sound
signals and distress signals carried by the ship shall also be subject to the
above-mentioned survey for the purpose of ensuring that they comply with the
requirements of the present regulations and of the International Regulations
for Preventing Collisions at Sea in force;
(iii) an
additional survey either general or partial, according to the circumstances, shall be
made after a repair resulting from investigations prescribed in regulation 11,
or whenever any important repairs or renewals are made. The survey shall be
such as to ensure that the necessary repairs or renewals have been effectively
made, that the material and workmanship of such repairs or renewals are in all
respects satisfactory, and that the ship complies in all respects with the
provisions of the present regulations and of the International Regulations for
Preventing Collisions at Sea in force, and of the laws, decrees, orders and
regulations promulgated as a result thereof by the Administration.
c)
(i) the laws, decrees,
orders and regulations referred to in paragraph b) of this regulation shall be
in all respects such as to ensure that, from the point of view of safety of
life, the ship is fit for the service for which it is intended;
(ii) they shall among other
things prescribe the requirements to be observed as to the initial and
subsequent hydraulic or other acceptable alternative tests to which the main
and auxiliary boilers, connections, steam pipes, high pressure receivers and
fuel tanks for internal combustion engines are to be submitted including the
test procedures to be followed and the intervals between
two consecutive tests.
Regulation 8.
Surveys of life-saving appliances and other equipment of cargo ships
a) The life-saving appliances-and other equipment of cargo ships
of 500 tons gross tonnage and upwards as referred to in paragraph b)(i) shall
be subject to the surveys specified below:
(i) an initial survey before
the ship is put in service;
(ii) a renewal survey at
intervals specified by the Administration but not exceeding 5 years, except
where regulation 14b), e), f) and g) is applicable;
(iii) a periodical survey
within three months before or after the second anniversary date or within three
months before or after the third anniversary date of the Cargo Ship Safety Equipment
Certificate which shall take the place of one of the annual surveys specified
in paragraph a) (iv);
(iv) an annual survey within
3 months before or after each anniversary date of the Cargo Ship Safety
Equipment Certificate;
(v) an additional survey as
prescribed for passenger ships in regulation 7b) (iii).
b) The surveys referred to in paragraph a) shall be carried out as
follows:
(i) the initial survey shall
include a complete inspection of the fire safety systems and appliances,
life-saving appliances and arrangements except radio installations, the
shipborne navigational equipment to which chapters II-1, II-2, III and V apply
to ensure that they comply with the requirements of the present regulations,
are in satisfactory condition and are fit for the service for which the ship is
intended. The fire control plans, nautical publications, lights shapes, means
of making sound signals and distress signals shall also be subject to the
above-mentioned survey for the purpose of ensuring that they comply with the
requirements of the present regulations and, where applicable, the
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea in force;
(ii) the renewal and
periodical surveys shall include an inspection of the equipment referred to in
paragraph b) (i) to ensure that it complies with the relevant requirements of
the present regulations and the International Regulations for Preventing
Collisions at Sea in force, is in satisfactory condition and is fit for the
service for which the ship is intended;
(iii) the annual survey
shall include a general inspection of the equipment referred to in paragraph b)
(i) to ensure that it has been maintained in accordance with regulation 1 la)
and that it remains satisfactory for the service for which the ship is intended.
с) The periodical and annual surveys referred to in paragraphs a)
(iii) and a) (iv) shall be endorsed on the Cargo Ship Safety Equipment
Certificate.
Regulation 9.
Surveys of radio installations of cargo ships
a) The radio installations, including those used in life-saving
appliances, of cargo Ships to which chapters III and IV apply shall be subject
to the surveys specified below:
(i) an initial survey before
the ship is put in service;
(ii) a renewal survey at
intervals specified by the Administration but not exceeding five years, except
where regulation 14b), e), f) and g) is applicable;
(iii) a periodical survey
within three months before or after each anniversary date of the Cargo Ship
Safety Radio Certificate;
(iv) an additional survey as
prescribed for passenger ships in regulation 7b) (iii).
b) The surveys referred to in paragraph a) shall be carried out as
follows:
(i) the initial survey shall
include a complete inspection of the radio installations of cargo ships,
including those used in life-saving appliances, to ensure that they comply with
the requirements of the present regulations;
(ii) the renewal and
periodical surveys shall include an inspection of the radio installations of
cargo ships, including those used in life-saving appliances, to ensure that
they comply with the requirements of the present regulations.
c) The periodical surveys referred to in paragraph a) (iii) shall
be endorsed on the Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificate.
Regulation 10.
Surveys of structure, machinery and equipment of cargo ships
a) The structure, machinery and equipment (other than items in
respect of which a Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate and a Cargo Ship
Safety Radio Certificate are issued) of a cargo ship as referred to in
paragraph b) (i) shall be subject to the surveys and inspections specified
below:
(i) an initial survey
including an inspection of the outside of the ship's bottom before the ship is
put in service;
(ii) a renewal survey at
intervals specified by the Administration but not exceeding 5 years, except
where regulation 14b), e), g) is applicable;
(iii) an intermediate survey
within three months before or after the second anniversary date or within three
months before or after the third anniversary date of the Cargo Ship Safety
Construction Certificate, which shall take the
place of one of the annual surveys specified in paragraph a)(iv);
(iv) n annual survey within
3 months before or after each anniversary date of the Cargo Ship Safety
Construction Certificate;
(v) a minimum of two
inspections of the outside of the ship's bottom during any five year period,
except where regulation 14e) or f) is applicable. Where regulation 14e) of f)
is applicable, this five year period may be extended to coincide with the
extended period of validity of the certificate. In all cases the interval
between any two such inspections shall not exceed 36 months;
vi) an additional survey as
prescribed for passenger ships in regulation 7b) (iii).
b) (The surveys and inspections referred to in paragraph a) shall
be carried out as ollows:
(i) the initial survey shall
include a complete inspection of the structure, machinery and equipment. This
survey shall be such as to ensure that the arrangements, materials, scantlings
and workmanship of the structure, boilers and other pressure vessels, their
appurtenances, main and auxiliary machinery including steering gear and
associated control systems, electrical installation and other equipment comply
with the requirements of the present regulations, are in satisfactory condition
and are fit for the service for which the chip is intended and that the
required stability information is provided. n the
case of tankers such a survey shall also include an inspection of the
pump-rooms, cargo, bunker and ventilation piping systems and associated safety
devices;
(ii) the renewal survey
shall include an inspection of the structure, machinery and equipment as
referred to in paragraph b) (i) to ensure that they comply with the
requirements of the present regulations, are in satisfactory condition and are
fit for the service for which the ship is intended;
(iii) the intermediate
survey shall include an inspection of the structure, boilers and other pressure
vessels, machinery and equipment, the steering gear and the associated control
systems and electrical installations to ensure that they remain satisfactory
for the service for which the ship is intended. In the case of tankers, the
survey shall also include an inspection of the pump-rooms, cargo, bunker and
ventilation piping systems and associated safety devices and the testing of