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1.5.6 Duration and validity of the certificate

  1.5.6.1 An International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk should be issued for a period specified by the Administration which should not exceed five years from the date of the initial survey or the periodical survey.

  1.5.6.2 No extension of the five-year period of the certificate should be permitted.

  1.5.6.3 The certificate should cease to be valid:

  1. .1 if the surveys are not carried out within the period specified by 1.5.2;

  2. .2 upon transfer of the ship to the flag of another State. A new certificate should only be issued when the Government issuing the new certificate is fully satisfied that the ship is in compliance with the requirements of 1.5.3.1 and 1.5.3.2. Where a transfer occurs between Contracting Governments, the Government of the State whose flag the ship was formerly entitled to fly should, if requested within 12 months after the transfer has taken place, as soon as possible transmit to the Administration copies of the certificates carried by the ship before the transfer and, if available, copies of the relevant survey reports.

Parent topic: 1.5 Surveys and certification [Non-harmonised requirements]
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