1.8.1 A Certificate called a High-Speed Craft
Safety Certificate is issued after completion of an initial or renewal
survey to a craft which complies with the requirements of the Code.
The Certificate shall be issued or endorsed either by the Administration
or by any person or organization recognized by it. In every case,
that Administration assumes full responsibility for the Certificate.
On all craft, all certificates issued under this chapter, or certified
copies thereof, shall be carried on the craft. Except where the flag
State is a Party to the 1988 SOLAS Protocol, a copy of each of these
certificates shall be posted up in a prominent and accessible place
in the craft.
1.8.2 A Contracting Government to the Convention
may, at the request of the Administration, cause a craft to be surveyed
and, if satisfied that the requirements of the Code are compiled with,
shall issue or authorise the issue of a Certificate to the craft and,
where appropriate, endorse or authorise the endorsement of a Certificate
on the craft in accordance with the Code. Any Certificate so issued
shall contain a statement to the effect that it has been issued at
the request of the Government of the State the flag of which the craft
is entitled to fly, and it shall have the same force and receive the
same recognition as a Certificate issued under 1.8.1.
1.8.3 The Certificate shall be that of the model
given in the annex 1 to the Code.
If the language used is not English, French or Spanish, the text shall
include a translation into one of these languages.
1.8.4 The High-Speed Craft Safety Certificate
shall be issued for a period specified by the Administration which
shall not exceed 5 years.
1.8.5 Notwithstanding the requirements of 1.8.4,
when the renewal survey is completed within three months before the
expiry date of the existing Certificate, the new Certificate shall
be valid from the date of completion of the renewal survey to a date
not exceeding 5 years from the date of expiry of the existing Certificate.
1.8.6 When the renewal survey is completed after
the expiry date of the existing Certificate, the new Certificate shall
be valid from the date of completion of the renewal survey to a date
not exceeding 5 years from the date of expiry of the existing Certificate.
1.8.7 When the renewal survey is completed more
than 3 months before the expiry date of the existing Certificate,
the new Certificate shall be valid from the date of completion of
the renewal survey to a date not exceeding 5 years from the date of
completion of the renewal survey.
1.8.8 If a Certificate is issued for a period
of less than 5 years, the Administration may extend the validity of
the Certificate beyond the expiry date to the maximum period specified
in 1.8.4, provided that the surveys when a Certificate is issued for
a period of 5 years are carried out.
1.8.9 If a renewal survey has been completed and
a new Certificate cannot be issued or placed on board the craft before
the expiry date of the existing Certificate, the person or organization
authorized by the Administration may endorse the existing Certificate
and such a Certificate shall be accepted as valid for a further period
which shall not exceed 5 months from the expiry date.
1.8.10 If a craft, at the time when a Certificate
expires, is not in the place in which it is to be surveyed, the Administration
may extend the period of validity of the Certificate but this extension
shall be granted only for the purpose of allowing the craft to proceed
to the place in which it is to be surveyed, and then only in cases
where it appears proper and reasonable to do so. No Certificate shall
be extended for a period longer than one month, and a craft to which
an extension is granted shall not, on its arrival in the place in
which it is to be surveyed, be entitled by virtue of such extension
to leave that place without having a new Certificate. When the renewal
survey is completed, the new Certificate shall be valid to a date
not exceeding 5 years from the date of expiry of the existing Certificate
before the extension was granted.
1.8.11 In special circumstances, as determined
by the Administration, a new Certificate need not be dated from the
date of expiry of the existing Certificate as required by 1.8.6 or 1.8.10.
In these circumstances, the new Certificate shall be valid to a date
not exceeding 5 years from the date of completion of the renewal survey.
1.8.12 If a periodical survey is completed before
the period specified in section 1.5 then:
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.1 the anniversary date shown on the relevant
Certificate shall be amended by endorsement to a date which shall
not be more than 3 months later than the date on which the survey
was completed;
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.2 the subsequent periodical survey required by section 1.5 shall be completed at the intervals
prescribed by 1.5 using the new anniversary date; and
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.3 the expiry date may remain unchanged provided
one or more periodical surveys are carried out so that the maximum
intervals between the surveys prescribed by 1.5.1.3 are not exceeded;
1.8.13 A Certificate issued under 1.8.1 or 1.8.2
shall cease to be valid in any of the following cases:
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.1 if the relevant surveys are not completed with
the periods specifie d in 1.5.1;
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.2 if the Certificate is not endorsed in accordance
with 1.5.3;
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.3 upon transfer of the craft to the flag of another
State. A new Certificate shall only be issued when the Government
issuing the new Certificate is fully satisfied that the craft is in
compliance with the requirements of 1.7.1
and 1.7.2. In the case of a transfer between Governments that
are Contracting Governments to the Convention if requested within
3 months after the transfer has taken place, the Government of the
State whose flag the craft was formerly entitled to fly shall, as
soon as possible, transmit to the Administration a copy of the Certificate
carried by the craft before the transfer and, if available, copies
of the relevant survey reports.
1.8.14 The privileges of the Code may not be claimed
in favour of any craft unless it holds a valid Certificate.