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 should 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.
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 complied with,
should issue or authorize the issue of a certificate to the craft
and, where appropriate, endorse or authorize the endorsement of a
certificate on the craft in accordance with the Code. Any certificate
so issued should 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 should have the same force and
receive the same recognition as a certificate issued under 1.8.1.
1.8.3 The certificate should be that of the model
given in annex 1 to the Code. If the language
used is neither English nor French, the text should include a translation
into one of these languages.
1.8.4 The High Speed Craft Safety Certificate
should be issued for a period specified by the Administration which
should not exceed five 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 should
be valid from the date of completion of the renewal survey to a date
not exceeding five 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 should
be valid from the date of completion of the renewal survey to a date
not exceeding five years from the date of expiry of the existing certificate.
1.8.7 When the renewal survey is completed more
than three months before the expiry date of the existing certificate,
the new certificate should be valid from the date of completion of
the renewal survey to a date not exceeding five years from the date
of completion of the renewal survey.
1.8.8 If a certificate is issued for a period
of less than five 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 five 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 should be accepted as valid for a further period
which should 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
should 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 should
be extended for a period longer than one month, and a craft to which
an extension is granted should 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 should be valid to a date
not exceeding five 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 should be valid
to a date not exceeding five years from the date of completion of
the renewal survey.
1.8.12 If a periodical survey is completed before
the period specified in 1.5, then:
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.1 the anniversary date shown on the relevant
certificate should be amended by endorsement to a date which should
not be more than three months later than the date on which the survey
was completed;
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.2 the subsequent periodical survey required by 1.5 should be completed at the intervals prescribed
by 1.5 using the new anniversary date;
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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
should cease to be valid in any of the following cases:
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.1 if the relevant surveys are not completed within
the periods specified in 1.5.1;
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.2 if the certificate is not endorsed in accordance
with 1.5.3; or
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.3 upon transfer of the craft 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 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
three months after the transfer has taken place, the Government of
the State whose flag the craft was formerly entitled to fly should,
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.