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Stamping of anchors and chain cables when proved.
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10.—(1) The Board of Trade shall appoint for each testing establishment in respect of which a licence granted under this Act is in force a distinctive mark denoting that an anchor or chain cable has been proved at that establishment in accordance with this Act.
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(2) An anchor or chain cable shall be deemed to be proved in accordance with this Act if—
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(a) it has withstood the tensile strain and in the case of a chain cable also the breaking strain applied at a testing establishment in respect of which a licence is in force under this Act; and
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(b) after the application of the test it is, in the opinion of the licensed tester, without flaw or material weakness.
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(3) A licensed tester shall stamp on every anchor proved in accordance with this Act at his establishment and on every five fathoms of every chain cable so proved the distinctive mark appointed by the Board of Trade under this section, and shall not stamp that mark on any anchor or chain cable not so proved.
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(4) The distinctive mark appointed by the Board of Trade under this section shall consist of a mark indicating that an anchor or chain cable has been proved with the addition of a mark indicating the testing establishment at which it has been so proved.
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(5) The stamp or die for stamping the distinctive mark shall be provided by the licensed tester, and shall be approved by the Board of Trade.
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(6) A licensed tester shall keep at his testing establishment a copy of the distinctive mark appointed by the Board of Trade for that establishment under this section, and the copy so kept shall be open to inspection at all reasonable hours by any person bringing an anchor or chain cable to be tested.
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(7) Where a licensed tester stamps any anchor or chain cable with the distinctive mark denoting that it has been proved at his establishment, he shall, if requested within one month after it has been so stamped by the person on whose application the testing was made, deliver to that person, free of charge, a certificate in a form to be approved by the Board of Trade that the anchor or chain cable has been proved in accordance with this Act (in this Act referred to as a “certificate of proof”).
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