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8.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), inspections under these Regulations must not be carried out by persons who do not fulfil the qualification criteria specified in Annex XI to the Directive.
(2) Where an inspector with the required professional expertise cannot be provided by the Secretary of State, the inspector may be assisted by any person with the required professional expertise.
(3) An inspector and any person assisting an inspector must have no commercial interest either in the port of inspection or in the ships inspected, nor must the inspectors be employed by, or undertake work on behalf of, non-governmental organisations which issue statutory and classification certificates or which carry out surveys necessary for the issue of those certificates to ships.
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