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Licences to test anchors and chain cables.
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5.—(1) The Board of Trade may grant a licence under this Act for the testing of anchors and chain cables with a view to their proof, to any of the bodies of persons mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act in respect of the testing establishments mentioned in that schedule, and also to any body of persons to whom they are for the time being authorised by Order in Council under this Act to grant such licences in respect of the testing establishment mentioned in the licence.
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(2) Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that licences may be granted by the Board of Trade to any public body other than those mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act, and also to any of the bodies of persons mentioned in the said schedule in respect of testing establishments other than those mentioned therein, and may revoke or alter any such Order.
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(3) A licence under this section shall remain in force for one year, subject to revocation or suspension under this section, but may be renewed by the Board of Trade.
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(4) A licence under this section may be at any time revoked or suspended by the Board of Trade.
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(5) A licence under this section—
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(a) shall not be granted in respect of any testing establishment unless the testing establishment and the apparatus and machinery used therein have been inspected by an inspector appointed under this Act and certified by him as proper and efficient for their purposes; and
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(b) shall not be renewed in respect of any testing establishment unless the testing establishment and the apparatus and machinery used therein have been inspected within the year by an inspector appointed under this Act and certified by him as proper and efficient for their purposes.
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(6) There shall be paid on every grant of a licence and on every renewal of a licence such fee, not exceeding fifty pounds, as the Board of Trade, with the concurrence of the Treasury, appoint.
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