The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 1996

Surveys before issue of a Certificate

4.—(1) The owner of every United Kingdom oil tanker of 150 GT and above and every other United Kingdom ship of 400 GT and above, shall cause the same to be subjected—

(a) to a survey before the ship is put into service or before an IOPP Certificate or UKOPP Certificate in respect of the ship is issued for the first time by a surveyor appointed by the Marine Safety Agency;

(b) to a renewal survey within 5 years of the first issue of an IOPP Certificate or a UKOPP Certificate, and at intervals not exceeding 5 years thereafter by a surveyor appointed by a Certifying Authority.

(2) The surveyor shall survey the ship and satisfy himself that its structure, equipment, systems, fittings, arrangements and material are in accordance with the requirements of these Regulations and that the equipment and associated pump and piping systems, including oil discharge monitoring and control systems, crude oil washing systems, oily water separating equipment and oil filtering systems are in good working order.

(3) The initial and any renewal survey to be carried out under this regulation shall be in accordance with the procedures specified in Merchant Shipping Notice M 1076.