Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act, 1968

Inspection of ships.

12.—(1) A ship surveyor or engineer surveyor may inspect any ship to which this Act applies, being a registered ship, for the purpose of seeing that the provisions of this Act have been complied with in respect of the ship.

(2) For the purposes of any such inspection any such surveyor shall have all the powers of an inspector under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 .