Deep Sea Mining Act 1981

Provisions relating to inspectorsU.K.

6U.K.Powers of inspectors to board, and to obtain access to all parts of, any ship used for exploration or exploitation, and to obtain information and to inspect and take copies from any log book or other document.

7U.K.Powers of inspectors to test equipment and, in special circumstances, to dismantle, test to destruction or take possession of any article of equipment.

8U.K.Powers of inspectors to require, in connection with the survey or inspection of any equipment, the carrying out of procedures by such persons as may be specified in the regulations.

9U.K.Rights of inspectors to require, on payment of reasonable costs, conveyance to and from any ship used in connection with any licensed operations, together with any equipment required by an inspector for testing, or any equipment of which he has taken possession in special circumstances.

10U.K.Duties to provide inspectors with reasonable accommodation and means of subsistence while on any ship in exercise of their functions under this Act.

11U.K.Powers to be exercisable by inspectors in case of immediate or apprehended danger.