6 Issue and Endorsement of Certificates
1 Where the appropriate Certifying Authority is satisfied after the completion of an initial or renewal survey carried out in accordance with the provisions of regulation 4(a) or (b) above that the requirements of the IGC Code are being complied with, that Authority shall issue an International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk to a gas carrier.
2 Where the appropriate Certifying Authority is satisfied after the completion of an intermediate or annual survey carried out in accordance with the provisions of regulation 4(c) or (d) above that the requirements of the IGC Code are being complied with, that Authority shall so endorse the International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk.
3 If any gas carrier which was previously under the flag of another State becomes a United Kingdom ship, a Certifying Authority shall issue an International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk only if it is fully satisfied that the ship is in compliance with the requirements of section 1.5.3.1 and 1.5.3.2 of the IGC Code.
4 The Secretary of State may, through a proper officer or otherwise, request the Government of a Party to the 1974 SOLAS Convention to carry out a survey of a United Kingdom ship and, if satisfied that the survey has been completed in accordance with the requirements of the IGC Code:
(a) to issue or authorise the issue of an International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk to the ship, or to endorse or authorise the endorsement of that Certificate, in accordance with the requirements of the IGC Code,
(b) to include in the Certificate a statement to the effect that it has been issued at the request of the Secretary of State, and
(c) to transmit a copy of the survey report and the Certificate to the Secretary of State as soon as possible.
5 A Certificate issued or endorsed in accordance with paragraph (4) above shall have the same force and receive the same recognition as a Certificate issued or endorsed in accordance with paragraphs (1) to (3) above.
6 The Secretary of State may, at the request of the Administration of a Party to the 1974 SOLAS Convention, survey a ship registered in that State and, if satisfied that the requirements of the IGC Code are complied with, issue or authorise the issue to the ship of an International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk, or endorse or authorise the endorsement of such a certificate.
7 The Secretary of State shall include or have included in any Certificate issued or endorsed in accordance with paragraph (6) a statement to the effect that it has been issued or endorsed at the request of the Administration, and shall transmit a copy of the survey report and the Certificate to that Administration as soon as possible.
8 A Certificate issued or endorsed in accordance with paragraph (6) shall have effect as if issued or endorsed by the Administration which requested the survey of the ship to be carried out.
9 A Certificate issued or endorsed in accordance with paragraphs (1) to (3) and (6) to (8) shall be drawn up in a form corresponding to the model given in the Appendix to the IGC Code.
Regs. 4-6B substituted for regs. 4-6 (20.4.2004) by The Merchant Shipping (Gas Carriers) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/929), regs. 1(1), 5