Surveys

(1) The structure, machinery, life-saving appliances, radio installations and other equipment referred to in subregulation (3) shall be subject to the surveys specified below– (a) an initial survey before the ship is put in Merchant Ships (Registration) 116 (b) a renewal survey at intervals specified by the Administration not exceeding five years, except where regulation 14 (2), (7) or (8) is (c) 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 Certificate of Compliance which shall take the place of one of the annual survey specified in subregulation (5); (d) an annual survey within three months before or after the second anniversary date of the Certificate of Compliance; (e) a minimum of two inspections of the outside of the ship’s bottom shall be carried out during any five years period, except where regulation 14(7) or (8) is applicable. Where regulation 14(7) or (8) 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 thirty-six months; and (f) an additional survey, as occasion may demand. (2) Subregulation (1) should include surveys required under the provisions of the 1974 SOLAS Convention where (3) The surveys referred to in subregulation (1) should include the following itemsMerchant Ships (Registration) 117 (a) the structure, machinery and equipment, other than those items surveyed with the life-saving appliances and installations; (b) the safety systems and appliances, lifesaving appliances and arrangements except radio the equipment, means of embarkation for pilots and other equipment to which Parts III, IV, V, VI, and VII apply; (c) the fire control plans, nautical publications, lights, shapes, means of making sound signals and distress signals; and (d) the radio installations of cargo ships, including those used in life-saving appliances. (4) The initial or renewal survey should include the following– (a) a complete inspection of the items referred to in subregulation (3)(a) to ensure that the 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 installations and other equipment comply with the requirements of these Regulations, and 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 or liquid cargoes of flammable nature in bulk the survey should also include an inspection of the pump rooms, cargo, bunker and ventilation piping systems and associated safety devices; Merchant Ships (Registration) 118 (b) an inspection of the outside of the ship’s bottom and related items in dry-dock, to ensure that they are fit for the service for which the ship is intended; (c) a complete inspection of the items referred to in subregulation (3)(b) to ensure that they comply with the requirements of this Regulation, are in satisfactory condition and are fit for the service for which the ship is intended; (d) a complete inspection of the items referred to in subregulation (3)(c) for the purpose of ensuring that they comply with the requirements of these Regulations and the 1972 Collision Regulations; and (e) a complete inspection of the items referred to in subregulation (3) to ensure that they comply with the requirements of these Regulations. (5) A periodical survey should include an inspection of the equipment referred to in subregulation (3) in the manner prescribed in subregulation (4) to ensure that they remain in satisfactory condition and fit for the service for which the ship is intended. (6) An annual survey should include a general inspection of the equipment described in subregulation (4) to ensure that they have been maintained in accordance with regulation 12(a) and they remain satisfactory for the service for which the ship is intended. (7) An additional survey, either general or partial, according to the circumstances, should be made after a repair resulting from investigations prescribed in regulation 12(c), whenever any important repairs or renewal are made. The survey should be such as to ensure that the necessary repairs or renewal have Merchant Ships (Registration) 119 been effectively made, that the material and workmanship of such repairs or renewal are in all respects satisfactory and that the ship complies in all respects with the provisions of these Regulations and of the 1972 Collision Regulations and of the laws, Regulations, orders and directions issued or promulgated as a result thereof by the Administration. (8) The periodical and annual surveys referred to in subregulation (1)(c) and subregulation (1)(d) and the inspections of the ship’s bottom in subregulation (1)(e) should be endorsed on the Certificate of Compliance. (9) The results of the survey referred to in subregulation (1)(b) shall be recorded in the ship’s Record of Equipment and Ship Information, a copy of which shall be kept on board the ship. A copy of the results of the latest surveys referred to in subregulation (1)(b) to subregulation (1)(f) shall be kept on board the ship.