Request for a survey made by another Convention country
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24.—(1) The Secretary of State may, at the request of another Convention country, survey a ship intending to enter polar waters in accordance with paragraph 1.3 of chapter 1 of part I-A of the Polar Code (certificate and survey).
(2) If the Secretary of State is satisfied at the date of the survey that the ship complies with each requirement of the Polar Code applicable to it, the Secretary of State may issue a Polar Ship Certificate in respect of that ship.
(3) A Polar Ship Certificate issued in accordance with a request mentioned in paragraph (1) must contain a statement that it has been so issued and has the same effect as if it had been issued by the government of that other Convention country and not by the Secretary of State.