A passenger vessel with certificate issued for a period less than 5 years
3 A passenger vessel with certificate issued for a period less than 5 years
Up to 5 years from certificate commencement Surveys and inspections are completed in accordance with this Marine Order as if the vessel were a cargo vessel
4 A cargo vessel with a certificate issued for a period less than 5 years Up to 5 years from certificate commencement Surveys and inspections are completed in accordance with this Marine Order
Note For the meaning of short international voyage - see Regulation 3 of Chapter III of SOLAS.
If an annual, intermediate or periodical survey of a cargo vessel is completed before the period required by this Marine Order:
the anniversary date shown on the certificate may be amended by endorsement to a date that must not be more than 3 months later than the date when the survey was completed; and
the subsequent annual, intermediate or periodic survey must be completed at the required intervals using the new anniversary date; and
the expiry date shown on the certificate may remain unchanged if at least 1 annual, intermediate or periodical survey is completed so that the maximum intervals between the surveys are not exceeded.
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