8 Certification and survey

8.1 Special Purpose Ship Safety Certificate

8.1.1 Pursuant to subsection 283A(2) of the Navigation Act, subsections 206S(1) and 206S(2) of that Act are modified to the effect that, if a ship referred to in one of those subsections is a special purpose ship, the requirement in the relevant subsection for certificates of survey and equipment appropriate for a passenger ship is replaced by a requirement for equivalent certificates of survey and equipment appropriate for a cargo ship together with a Special Purpose Ship Safety Certificate.

8.1.2 The master or owner of a special purpose ship other than a ship referred to in section 206S of the Navigation Act must not take the ship to sea or permit the ship to be taken to sea unless there is in force in respect of the ship a Special Purpose Ship Safety Certificate.

This is a penal provision

8.1.3 A Special Purpose Ship Safety Certificate will be issued or endorsed by the Manager, Ship Inspections, or by a survey authority in respect of a special purpose ship surveyed and found to be in compliance with the Code.

8.1.4 Provisions 14 and 16 of Marine Orders, Part 31 apply to a Special Purpose Ship Safety Certificate as though it were a Cargo Ship Safety Certificate.

8.1.5 The form of a Special Purpose Ship Safety Certificate is the form in the Appendix.

8.1.6 For the purposes of 8.1.1 and 8.1.2, a ship constructed before 1 January 2010 may use either a Special Purpose Safety Certificate referred to in 8.1.5 or a Special Purpose Ship Safety Certificate in compliance with Issue 4 of this Part of Marine Orders.

8.2 Survey requirements

Provisions 8, 9, 10 and 13 of Marine Orders, Part 31, apply to the survey of a special purpose ship, except that where such a provision is inconsistent with a provision of this Part, the provision of this Part is to prevail.