The Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) Regulations 1993

9.—(1) Where a vessel to which this regulation applies has been surveyed and marked in accordance with the Load Line Rules, a certificate, complying with the provisions of this regulation or regulation 15 shall, on application, be issued to the owner of the vessel.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation the certificate referred to in subparagraph (1) shall be:

(a) in the case of a United Kingdom vessel which is not a small vessel an “International Load Line Certificate (1966)”; or

(b) in the case of a small United Kingdom vessel, a “United Kingdom Load Line Certificate”; or

(c) in the case of any non-United Kingdom vessel, a “United Kingdom Load Line Certificate”.

(3) Subject to the following paragraph, any certificate required by paragraph (1) of this regulation to be issued shall:

(a) be in such form, and shall be issued in such manner, as is prescribed by the Load Line Rules; and

(b) be issued by the Department of Transport or by an organisation or a person authorised in that behalf by the Department.

(4) Any certificate referred to in paragraph (2)(c) above shall be valid only so long as the vessel is not plying on international voyages, and shall be cancelled by the Secretary of State if he has reason to believe that the vessel is plying on international voyages; and in this paragraph “international voyage” has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1967.