1 An International
Pollution Prevention Certificate for the Carriage of Noxious Liquid
Substances in Bulk shall be issued for a period specified by the Administration
which shall not exceed 5 years.
2.1 Notwithstanding
the requirements of paragraph 1 of this regulation, 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.
2.2 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.
2.3 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 Administration may
extend the validity of the Certificate beyond the expiry date to the
maximum period specified in paragraph 1 of this regulation, provided
that the surveys referred to in regulation
8.1.3 and 8.1.4 of
this Annex applicable when a Certificate is issued for a period of
5 years are carried out as appropriate.
4 If a renewal survey
has been completed and a new Certificate cannot be issued or placed
on board the ship before the expiry date of the existing Certificate,
the person or organization authorized by the Administration may endorse
the existing Certificate and such a Certificate shall be accepted
as valid for a further period which shall not exceed 5 months from
the expiry date.
5 If a ship at the
time when a Certificate expires is not in a port in which it is to
be surveyed, the Administration 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 Certificates 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
the foregoing provisions of this regulation may be extended by the
Administration 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 Administration, a new Certificate need not be
dated from the date of expiry of the existing Certificate as required
by paragraph 2.2, 5 or 6 of this regulation. In these special circumstances,
the new Certificate shall be valid to a date not exceeding 5 years
from the date of completion of the renewal survey.
8 If an annual or
intermediate survey is completed before the period specified in regulation 8 of this Annex, then:
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.1 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;
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.2 the subsequent annual or intermediate survey
required by regulation 8 of
this Annex shall be completed at the intervals prescribed by that
regulation using the new anniversary date;
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.3 the expiry date may remain unchanged provided
one or more annual or intermediate surveys, as appropriate, are carried
out so that the maximum intervals between the surveys prescribed by regulation 8 of this Annex are not
exceeded.
9 A Certificate issued
under regulation 9 of this
Annex shall cease to be valid in any of the following cases:
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.1 if the relevant surveys are not completed within
the periods specified under regulation
8.1 of this Annex;
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.2 if the Certificate is not endorsed in accordance
with regulation 8.1.3 or 8.1.4 of
this Annex;
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.3 upon transfer of the ship to the flag of another
State. A new Certificate shall only be issued when the Government
issuing the new Certificate is fully satisfied that the ship is in
compliance with the requirements of regulation
8.3.1 and 8.3.2 of
this Annex. In the case of a transfer between Parties, if requested
within 3 months after the transfer has taken place, the Government
of the Party whose flag the ship was formerly entitled to fly shall,
as soon as possible, transmit to the Administration copies of the
Certificate carried by the ship before the transfer and, if available,
copies of the relevant survey reports.