13 Inspections and additional tests

13.1 Compliance inspections

13.1.1 A surveyor may at any time inspect a ship loading or to be loaded with solid bulk cargo, the loading arrangements of the ship and the prescribed information relating to the cargo, and its carriage, to ascertain compliance with this Part.

13.1.2 If the surveyor referred to in 13.1.1 determines that there is not compliance with this Part, a surveyor may at any time make such further inspection or inspections as necessary to ascertain compliance.

13.1.3 The master of a ship must give a surveyor such access to a ship as is necessary for the purposes of 13.1.1 and 13.1.2.

This is a penal provision

13.2 Insufficient information

13.2.1 If it appears to the Chief Marine Surveyor that the information furnished in relation to a particular solid bulk cargo does not establish that the cargo can be loaded and carried in a ship without danger to the ship or any person on the ship, that officer may require such inspections, sampling and testing in accordance with the BC Code as will establish whether the cargo can be loaded and carried without danger.

13.2.2 If it appears to the Chief Marine Surveyor that the information furnished in relation to a particular ship does not establish that the solid bulk cargo, proposed to be loaded or carried, can be loaded and carried without danger to the ship or any person on the ship, that officer may require to be furnished with such additional information as will establish whether the cargo can be loaded and carried without danger.

13.3 Shipper to provide details

13.3.1 For the purposes of 13.1 or 13.2, the shipper of a solid bulk cargo required to be tested must make available:

(a) such samples of the cargo as are reasonably necessary to carry out a test;
(b) details of the methodology of sampling and testing previously carried out on the cargo; and
(c) details of the results of the required sampling and testing.

13.3.2 The Chief Marine Surveyor may prohibit the loading of a solid bulk cargo until 13.3.1 has been complied with.

13.3.3 A person must not load a solid bulk cargo prohibited by the Chief Marine Surveyor under 13.3.2.

This is a penal provision

13.4 Decisions of competent authority

13.4.1 If:

(a) it is intended that a particular solid bulk cargo be carried in a ship; and
(b) the BC Code requires consultation with, or the approval or permission of the competent authority in relation to the carriage, stowage or handling of such cargo,
the master of the ship must allow a surveyor to make such inspections as are necessary to enable the Chief Marine Surveyor to provide such consultation or determine whether or not to grant such approva1 or permission.