SCHEDULES

F1SCHEDULE 3

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Amendments (Textual)
F1

Sch. 3 (para 1-31) repealed (12.10.1998) by 1998/2441, art. 3(1)(d)

General Provisions

Non-United Kingdom ships Valid Convention certificates

Production of certificate to customs and excise officer

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1

Subject to any exemption conferred by or under this Schedule, before a non-United Kingdom ship to which this Schedule applies proceeds to sea from any port in the United Kingdom, the master of the ship shall produce the appropriate certificate to the officer of customs and excise from whom a clearance for the ship is demanded; and a clearance shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained, until the appropriate certificate is so produced.

2

For the purposes of this paragraph the appropriate certificate—

a

in the case of a ship to which paragraph 12 of this Schedule applies, where a clearance for the ship is demanded in respect of an international voyage, is a valid Convention certificate;

b

in the case of any such ship, where a clearance for the ship is demanded in respect of any other voyage, is either a valid Convention certificate or a United Kingdom load line certificate for the time being in force in respect of the ship; and

c

in any other case, is a United Kingdom load line certificate for the time being in force in respect of the ship.