17Issue of ship sanitation control exemption certificate

17 Issue of ship sanitation control exemption certificate

(1) If: (a) a biosecurity officer conducts a ship sanitation certification inspection of a vessel; and (b) the officer determines that the level of sanitation health risk associated with the vessel is acceptable; the officer must issue the vessel with a ship sanitation control exemption certificate. (2) A ship sanitation control exemption certificate issued under subsection (1) must be in the form approved under section 13. (3) Subject to subsection (4), a ship sanitation control exemption certificate is in force for 6 months beginning on the day it is issued. (4) A ship sanitation control exemption certificate ceases to be in force for a vessel if a ship sanitation control certificate is issued for the vessel.