Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (PREVENTION OF OIL POLLUTION) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 6

Intermediate survey

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) The owner of every Hong Kong ship in respect of which an IOPP  Certificate
has been issued shall so long as the Certificate remains in force cause the
ship to be subject to an intermediate survey during the period of validity of
the Certificate. This intermediate survey shall be held not earlier than six
months before nor later than six months after the half-way date of the period
of validity of the Certificate.

(2) A Certifying Authority shall upon receipt of an application for a survey
and any fee payable on such application cause the ship to be surveyed by a
surveyor.

(3) The surveyor shall survey the ship in accordance with the procedures
specified in Merchant Shipping Notice 1012 and satisfy himself- (64 of 1999 s.
3)

   (a)  that such of the parts of the ship and its equipment specified in that
        Merchant Shipping Notice as are the subject of the application for
        survey are in good working order and fully comply with these
        Regulations;

   (b)  that no material alterations have been made in the structure,
        equipment, systems, fittings, arrangements and material to which the
        IOPP  Certificate relates without the approval of a
        Certifying Authority.

(4) On completion of the survey in accordance with the requirements of the
preceding paragraph, the surveyor, where he is so satisfied, shall endorse the
IOPP Certificate to that effect and forward a report to the
Certifying Authority.