Approval of in-water inspections
31 Approval of in-water inspections
The owner of a vessel may apply to AMSA for approval of an in-water inspection to replace any of the dry-dock inspections required under this Marine Order.
Note 1 An application should be developed by the owner of a vessel in conjunction with the vessel's issuing body.
Note 2 For a SOLAS certificate, the effect of Regulations 7 and 10 of Chapter I of SOLAS and the Survey Guidelines under the Harmonised System of Survey and Certification is that a vessel is required to have 2 dry-dock inspections in the applicable validity period of its SOLAS certificate or International Load Lines Certificate.
Note 3 For a non-SOLAS certificate, the dry-dock inspection requirements are mentioned in the Survey Guidelines under the Harmonised System of Survey and Certification.
The application for approval must be made in accordance with Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013.
Note Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013 requires a supporting statement setting out the grounds of the application. It also provides that if a fee is charged the application must be accompanied by the prescribed fee and, if a form is approved for the application, the approved form must be used.
AMSA may approve inspection of the outside of the bottom of the vessel to be conducted in-water, in lieu of a dry-dock inspection, if AMSA is satisfied that the in-water inspection is at least as effective as a dry-dock inspection.
Note For passenger vessels, AMSA may take into account Guidelines for the assessment of technical provisions for the performance of an in-water survey in lieu of bottom inspection in dry-dock to permit one dry-dock examination in any five-year period for passenger ships other than ro-ro passenger ships (MSC.1/Circ.1348).
An approval is subject to conditions imposed by AMSA.
Note Failure to meet any condition imposed on an approval of an in-water survey will result in an obligation for the owner or master to comply with dry-dock requirements required under this Marine Order.
Schedule 1 SOLAS certificates - criteria for issue and conditions (sections 5, 8, 9, 15, 16 and 21)
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