41Surrender of accreditation

41 Surrender of accreditation

(1) If an accredited marine surveyor wishes to surrender his or her accreditation, the surveyor must: (a) notify the National Regulator, in accordance with subsection (2), that the surveyor wishes to surrender the accreditation; and (b) complete, or nominate another accredited marine surveyor to complete, all survey work the surveyor has contracted to undertake; and (c) if the National Regulator has imposed conditions on the accreditation relating to the surrender of the accreditation—comply with those conditions; and (d) return the surveyor’s identification card to the National Regulator.

Note: An example for paragraph (c) is a condition requiring an exit interview.

(2) For paragraph (1)(a), the notification must: (a) be in a form approved by the National Regulator; and (b) be made at least 3 months before the day on which the surveyor wishes the surrender to take effect, or within such period (if any) as the National Regulator, either before or after the end of the 3 month period, allows; and (c) if the surveyor has nominated another accredited marine surveyor to complete survey work—include a declaration from that surveyor to the effect that the surveyor has agreed to complete that survey work.