SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3
General Provisions
United Kingdom ships

Compliance with load line rules

Ships not to proceed to sea without load line certificate
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1
Subject to any exemption conferred by or under this Schedule, no United Kingdom ship to which this Schedule applies shall proceed or attempt to proceed to sea unless the appropriate certificate is in force in respect of the ship.
2
Before any such ship proceeds to sea, the master of the ship shall produce the appropriate certificate to the officer of customs and excise from whom a clearance for the ship is demanded; and a clearance shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained, until the appropriate certificate is so produced.
3
If any ship proceeds or attempts to proceed to sea in contravention of this paragraph, the master of the ship shall be liable—
a
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
b
on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
4
In this paragraph “the appropriate certificate” means the certificate which is the appropriate certificate for the purposes of paragraph 6 of this Schedule.
Sch. 3 (para 1-31) repealed (12.10.1998) by 1998/2441, art. 3(1)(d)