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The Merchant Shipping (Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments) Regulations 2022

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22.  In this Part—

(a)“additional survey” means a survey carried out under regulation 32(3) (additional surveys of United Kingdom ships);

(b)“anniversary date” means the day and the month of each year which correspond to the date of expiry of a relevant IBWM Certificate;

(c)“annual survey” means a survey by a surveyor to verify that the structure, equipment, systems, fitting, arrangements, material and processes associated with a ship’s ballast water management plan—

(i)have been maintained to conform with these Regulations; and

(ii)remain satisfactory for the service for which the ship is intended;

(d)“commissioning test” means a test conducted to validate the installation of a ballast water management system which meets the requirements of section 9 of Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1908 (M+F);

(e)“endorsement” in relation to an IBWM Certificate means an endorsement in the form specified in Schedule 2 to Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1908 (M+F), and “endorse” and “endorsed” are to be construed accordingly;

(f)“initial survey” means a survey by a surveyor completed before a ship is put in service or before an IBWM Certificate is first issued in respect of that ship to verify that—

(i)there is on board the ship an approved ballast water management plan; and

(ii)the structure, equipment, systems, fittings, arrangements, material and processes associated with the ship’s ballast water management plan fully comply with the requirements of Part 3 (ballast water management) and Part 5 (equipment);

(g)“intermediate survey” means a survey by a surveyor to verify that the equipment, associated systems and processes for a ship’s ballast water management fully comply with the requirements of Part 3 (ballast water management) and Part 5 (equipment) and are in good working order;

(h)“renewal survey” means a survey by a surveyor to verify that—

(i)there is on board a ship an approved ballast water management plan; and

(ii)the structure, equipment, systems, fittings, arrangements, material and processes associated with the ship’s ballast water management plan fully comply with the requirements of Part 3 (ballast water management) and Part 5 (equipment).

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