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The Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) Regulations 2025

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13 Issue of Small Sport or Pleasure Code Certificate to small vessels

(1) Subject to payment of any prescribed fee, a Certifying Authority must, on being notified by a surveyor of the matters specified in paragraph (2) in respect of a small vessel, issue a Small Sport or Pleasure Code Certificate in respect of that vessel. (2) The matters referred to in paragraph (1) are that the surveyor— (a) has carried out a survey specified in regulation 12(2)(a) or (b) (compliance and renewal examinations of small vessels) in respect of that vessel; and (b) is satisfied at the date of the relevant survey that the requirements of the relevant code of practice which apply to that vessel have been met. (3) Subject to payment of any prescribed fee, a Certifying Authority must, on being notified by a surveyor of the matters specified in paragraph (4) in respect of a small vessel, endorse a Small Sport or Pleasure Code Certificate in respect of that vessel. (4) The matters referred to in paragraph (3) are that the surveyor— (a) has carried out the survey specified in— (i) regulation 12(2)(c) (annual examination of small vessels) in respect of the vessel; (ii) regulation 12(2)(d) (intermediate examination of small vessels) in respect of the vessel; or (iii) regulation 12(2)(e) (emergency examination of small vessels) in respect of the vessel; and (b) is satisfied at the date of the relevant survey that the requirements of the relevant code of practice which apply to that vessel have been met. (5) In this regulation, a surveyor includes any person who carries out an annual examination of a small vessel and where such an examination is carried out by a person other than a surveyor, a reference in this regulation to the surveyor must be construed as including a reference to that person.

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13 Issue of Small Sport or Pleasure Code Certificate to small vessels

(1) Subject to payment of any prescribed fee, a Certifying Authority must, on being notified by a surveyor of the matters specified in paragraph (2) in respect of a small vessel, issue a Small Sport or Pleasure Code Certificate in respect of that vessel. (2) The matters referred to in paragraph (1) are that the surveyor— (a) has carried out a survey specified in regulation 12(2)(a) or (b) (compliance and renewal examinations of small vessels) in respect of that vessel; and (b) is satisfied at the date of the relevant survey that the requirements of the relevant code of practice which apply to that vessel have been met. (3) Subject to payment of any prescribed fee, a Certifying Authority must, on being notified by a surveyor of the matters specified in paragraph (4) in respect of a small vessel, endorse a Small Sport or Pleasure Code Certificate in respect of that vessel. (4) The matters referred to in paragraph (3) are that the surveyor— (a) has carried out the survey specified in— (i) regulation 12(2)(c) (annual examination of small vessels) in respect of the vessel; (ii) regulation 12(2)(d) (intermediate examination of small vessels) in respect of the vessel; or (iii) regulation 12(2)(e) (emergency examination of small vessels) in respect of the vessel; and (b) is satisfied at the date of the relevant survey that the requirements of the relevant code of practice which apply to that vessel have been met. (5) In this regulation, a surveyor includes any person who carries out an annual examination of a small vessel and where such an examination is carried out by a person other than a surveyor, a reference in this regulation to the surveyor must be construed as including a reference to that person.

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