Section 118: Issue of certificate

118. Issue of certificate (1) (a) Where a Mauritius ship has been surveyed and marked in accordance with the Load Line Regulations, the appropriate certificate shall be issued to the owner of the ship on his application. (b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), the appropriate certificate— (i) in the case of a pre-1966 Convention ship of not less than 150 gross tonnage, and in the case of a post-1966 Convention ship of not less than 24 metres in length, is a certificate called an International Load Line Certificate (1966); and (ii) in the case of any other ship, is a certificate called a Mauritius Load Line Certificate. (2) Subject to subsection (3), a certificate required by subsection (1) to be issued shall be issued by the Director and be in such form as may be prescribed. (3) The Director may request the Government of a Convention State to issue an International Load Line Certificate (1966) in respect of a Mauritius ship falling within subsection (1) (b) (i). (4) Where a certificate, issued under this section and for the time being in force, is produced in respect of the ship to which the certificate relates— (a) the ship shall be deemed to have been surveyed in accordance with the Load Line Regulations; and (b) where lines are marked on the ship corresponding in number and description to the deck-line and load lines required by the Load Line Regulations, and the positions of those lines so marked correspond to the positions of the deck-line and load lines so specified in the certificate, the ship shall be deemed to be marked as required by those regulations.