Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act, 1968
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Duration, endorsement and cancellation of load line certificates. |
9.—(1) The load line rules shall make provision for determining the period during which any certificate issued under section 7 of this Act is to remain in force, including— | |
(a) provision enabling the period for which any such certificate is originally issued to be extended within such limits and in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the rules, and | ||
(b) provision for cancelling any such certificate in such circumstances as may be so prescribed. | ||
(2) While any such certificate is in force in respect of a ship, there shall be endorsed on the certificate such information relating to— | ||
(a) periodical inspections of the ship in accordance with the load line rules, and | ||
(b) any extension of the period for which the certificate was issued, | ||
as may be prescribed by the rules. |