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(1) An International Air
Pollution Prevention Certificate shall be issued for a period specified
by the Administration, which shall not exceed five years.
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(a) |
Notwithstanding the requirements
of paragraph (1) of this regulation, when the renewal survey
is completed within three 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
five years from the date of expiry of the existing certificate. |
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(b) |
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 five years from the date of expiry of
the existing certificate. |
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(c) |
When the renewal survey is completed
more than three 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
five years from the date of completion of the renewal survey. |
(3) If a certificate is issued
for a period of less than five 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 regulations 5(1)(c)
and 5(1)(d) of this Annex applicable when
a certificate is issued for a period of five 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 five
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 certificate shall be extended
for a period longer than three 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
five 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 five
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)(b), (5)
or (6) of this regulation. In these special circumstances,
the new certificate shall be valid to a date not exceeding five
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 5
of this Annex, then:
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(a) |
the anniversary date shown on
the certificate shall be amended by endorsement to a date which
shall not be more than three months later than the date on which
the survey was completed; |
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(b) |
the subsequent annual or intermediate
survey required by regulation 5 of this Annex shall be completed
at the intervals prescribed by that regulation using the new
anniversary date; |
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(c) |
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 5 of this Annex are not exceeded. |
(9) A certificate issued
under regulation 6 or 7
of this Annex shall cease to be valid in any of the following cases:
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(a) |
if the relevant surveys are not
completed within the periods specified under regulation 5(1)
of this Annex; |
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(b) |
if the certificate is not endorsed
in accordance with regulation 5(1)(c)
or 5(1)(d) of this Annex; |
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(c) |
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
5(4)(a) of this Annex. In the case of
a transfer between Parties, if requested within three 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. |
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