Issue or endorsement of IBWM Certificates by another Contracting State
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33.—(1) The Secretary of State may request a Contracting State to survey a United Kingdom ship and, if the Contracting State is satisfied that the ship complies with the requirements of the Convention, to—
(a)issue or authorise the issue of an IBWM Certificate in respect of that ship; or
(b)endorse, or authorise the endorsement of, an existing IBWM Certificate,
in accordance with the Convention.
(2) Where an IBWM Certificate is issued pursuant to paragraph (1)—
(a)the Secretary of State is to be treated as the Certifying Authority in relation to it; and
(b)any reference in these Regulations to the Certifying Authority who issued the Certificate is to be treated as a reference to the Secretary of State.