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 ship; 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;
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* Inflammable has the same
meaning as flammable.
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
of 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.
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-1, 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 therefor
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 surveys 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 service 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 14(b), (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 7(b)(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 11 a) and that it remains satisfactory for the service for which the
ship is intended.
c) 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 14(b), (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 7(b)(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 14(b), (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) an 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 14(e) or (f) is applicable. Where regulation
14(e) 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 7(b)(iii).
b) The surveys and inspections referred to in paragraph (a) shall
be carried out as follows:
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 ship is
intended and that the required stability information is provided. In 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 insulation resistance of electrical installations in dangerous zones;
iv) the annual
survey shall include a general inspection of the structure, machinery and
equipment referred to in paragraph (b)(i), to ensure that they have been
maintained in accordance with regulation 11 (a) and that they remain
satisfactory for the service for which the ship is intended;
v) the
inspection of the outside of the ship's bottom and the survey of related items
inspected at the same time shall be such as to ensure that they remain
satisfactory for the service for which the ship is intended.
c) The intermediate and annual surveys and the inspections of the
outside of the ship's bottom referred to in paragraphs (a)(iii), (a)(iv) and
(a)(v) shall be endorsed on the Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate.
Regulation 11.
Maintenance of conditions after survey
a) The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained
to conform with the provisions of the present regulations to ensure that the
ship in all respects will remain fit to proceed to sea without danger to the
ship or persons on board.
b) After any survey of the ship under regulations 7, 8, 9 or 10
has been completed, no change shall be made in the structural arrangements,
machinery, equipment and other items covered by the survey, without the
sanction of the Administration.