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Duration, renewal and cancellation of certificates.
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45.—(1) Every load line certificate issued by or under the authority of the Minister shall, unless it is renewed in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) of this section, expire at the end of such period, not exceeding five years from the date of its issue, as may be specified therein.
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(2) Any such load line certificate may, after a survey not less effective than the survey required by the load line rules before the issue of the certificate, be renewed from time to time by the Minister or by any person authorised by the Minister to issue a load line certificate, for such period (not exceeding five years on any occasion) as the Minister or other person renewing the certificate thinks fit.
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(3) The Minister shall cancel any such load line certificate in force in respect of a ship, if he has reason to believe that—
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(a) material alterations have taken place in the hull or superstructures of the ship which affect the position of the load lines; or
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(b) the fittings and appliances for the protection of openings, the guard rails, the freeing ports or the means of access to the crew's quarters have not been maintained on the ship in as effective a condition as they were in when the certificate was issued.
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(4) The owner of every ship in respect of which any such certificate has been issued shall, so long as the certificate remains in force, cause the ship to be surveyed in the prescribed manner once at least in each year after the issue of the certificate for the purpose of seeing whether the certificate should remain in force, having regard to the last foregoing sub-section, and if the ship is not so surveyed, the Minister shall cancel the certificate:
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Provided that the Minister, if he thinks fit in any particular case, may extend the said period of one year.
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(5) Where any such load line certificate has expired or been cancelled, the Minister may require the owner or master of the ship to which the certificate relates to deliver up the certificate as he directs, and the ship may be detained until such requirement has been complied with, and if the owner or master fails without reasonable cause to comply with such requirement, he shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.
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(6) On the survey of any ship in pursuance of this section there shall be paid by the owner of the ship such fee as may be prescribed.
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