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present Convention and Regulation 6 of this Annex of any noxious liquid sub- 
stance or mixture containing such substance, whether international or accidental, 
an entry shall be made in the Cargo Record Book stating the circustances of, and 
the reason for, the discharge. 
(4) When a surveyor appointed or authorized by the Government of the Party 
to the Convention to supervise any operations under this Annex has inspected a 
Sean that surveyor shall make an appropriate entry in the Cargo Record 
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(5) Each operation referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Regulation 
shall be fully recorded without delay in the Cargo Record Book so that all the 
entries in the Book appropriate to that operation are completed. Each entry 
shall be signed by the officer or officers in charge of the operation concerned and, 
when the ship is manned, each page shall be signed by the Master of the ship. 
The entries in the Cargo Record Book shall be in an official language of the 
State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly, and, for ships holding an Interna- 
tional Pollution Prevention Certificate for the Carriage of Noxious Liquid Sub- 
stances in Bulk (1978) in English or French. The entries in an official national 
language of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly shall prevail in case 
of a dispute or discrepancy. 
(6) The Cargo Record Book shall be kept in such a place as to be readily 
available for inspection and, except in the case of unmanned ships under tow, 
shall be kept on board the ship. It shall be retained for a period of two years 
after the last entry has been made. 
(7) The competent authority of the Government of a Party may inspect the 
Cargo Record Book on board any ship to which this Annex applies while the 
ship is in its port, and may make a copy of any entry in that book and may 
require the Master of the ship to certify that the copy is a true copy of such 
entry. Any copy so made which has been certified by the Master of the ship as a 
true copy of an entry in the ship’s Cargo Record Book shall be made admissible 
in any judicial proceedings as evidence of the facts stated in the entry. The in- 
spection of a Cargo Record Book and the taking of a certified copy by the compe- 
tent authority under this paragraph shall be performed as expeditiously as possi- 
ble without causing the ship to be unduly delayed. 
Regulation 10 
SURVEYS 
(1) Ships which are subject to the provisions of this Annex and which carry 
noxious liquid substances in bulk shall be surveyed as follows: 
(a) An initial survey before a ship is put into service or before the certifi- 
cate required by Regulation 11 of this Annex is issued for the first time, 
which shall include a complete inspection of its structure, equipment, fittings, 
arrangements and material insofar as the ship is covered by this Annex. 
The survey shall be such as to ensure full compliance with the applicable 
requirements of this Annex. 
(b) Periodical surveys at intervals specified by the Administration which 
shall not exceed five years and which shall be such as to ensure that the 
structure, equipment, fittings. arrangements and material fully comply with 
the applicable requirements of this Annex. However, where the duration of 
the International Pollution Prevention Certificate for the Carriage of Noxious 
Liquid Substances in Bulk (1978) is extended as specified in Regulation 
12 (2) or (4) of this Annex, the interval of the periodical survey may be 
extended correspondingly, 
(c) Intermediate surveys at intervals specified by the ‘Administration 
which shall not exceed thirty months and which shall be such as to ensure 
that the equipment and associated pumps and piping systems, fully comply 
with the applicable requirements of this Annex and are in good working 
order. The survey shall be endorsed on the International Pollution Preven- 
tion Certificate for the Carriage of Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk 
(1973) issued under Regulation 11 of this Annex 
(2) Surveys of a ship with respect to the enforcement of the Ber he penis of 
this Annex shall be carried out by officers of the Administration. The Administra- 
tion may, however, entrust the surveys either to surveyors nominated for the 
purpose or to organizations recognized by it. In every case the Administration 
concerned shall fully gurantee the completeness and efficiency of the survey. 
