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

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Endorsement of IBWM Certificates by a Certifying Authority in respect of United Kingdom ships

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27.—(1) A Certifying Authority must endorse an IBWM Certificate in respect of a United Kingdom ship where that Certifying Authority has been notified by a surveyor that the surveyor has carried out—

(a)an intermediate survey, and the notification includes confirmation that—

(i)the survey took place in accordance with regulation 25 (surveys of United Kingdom ships); and

(ii)at the date of the survey, the surveyor was satisfied that the equipment, associated systems and processes for the 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; or

(b)an annual survey, and the notification includes confirmation that—

(i)the survey took place in accordance with regulation 25 (surveys of United Kingdom ships); and

(ii)that, at the date of the survey, the surveyor was satisfied the structure, equipment, systems, fittings, arrangements, material and processes associated with the ship’s ballast water management plan—

(aa)have been maintained to conform with these Regulations so as to ensure that the ship, in all respects, remains fit to proceed to sea without presenting a threat of harm to the environment, human health, property or resources; and

(bb)remain satisfactory for the service for which the ship is intended.

(2) Where—

(a)an annual survey is completed before the beginning of the period specified in regulation 25(d) (surveys of United Kingdom ships); or

(b)an intermediate survey is completed before the beginning of the period specified in regulation 25(c)(i) or (ii) (surveys of United Kingdom ships),

the anniversary date shown on the relevant IBWM Certificate must be amended by an endorsement on the IBWM Certificate by the surveyor undertaking the survey to a date not more than three months later than the date on which the survey referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) was completed.

(3) Where the anniversary date on an IBWM Certificate is amended in accordance with paragraph (2)—

(a)the subsequent annual or intermediate survey must be completed at the intervals prescribed in regulation 25 (surveys of United Kingdom ships) using the new anniversary date; and

(b)the date of expiry of the IBWM Certificate may remain unchanged provided that one or more annual or intermediate surveys, as the case may be, are completed so that the maximum intervals between the surveys as prescribed in regulation 25 (surveys of United Kingdom ships) are not exceeded.

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