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or apparatus, or type thereof, or provision, is at least as effective as that 

 required by the present Regulations. 



(b) Any Administration which so allows, in substitution, a fitting, material, 

 appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, or provision, shall communicate to 

 the Organization particulars thereof together with a report on any trials made 

 and the Organization shall circulate such particulars to other Contracting 

 Governments for the information of their officers. 



PART B.— SURVEYS AND CERTIFICATES 

 Regulation 6 



Inspection and Survey 



The inspection and survey of ships, so far as regards the enforcement of 

 the provisions of the present Regulations and the granting of exemptions 

 therefrom, shall be carried out by officers of the country in which the ship 

 is registered, provided that the Government of each country may entrust the 

 inspection and survey either to surveyors nominated for the purpose or to 

 organizations recognised by it. In every case the Government concerned fully 

 guarantees the completeness and efficiency of the inspection and survey. 



Regulation 7 



Initial and Subsequent Surveys of Passenger Ships 



(a) A passenger ship shall be subjected to the surveys specified below : 

 (i) A survey before the ship is put in service. 



(ii) A periodical survey once every twelve months, 

 (iii) Additional surveys, as occasion arises. 



(b) The surveys referred to above shall be carried out as follows : 



(i) The survey before the ship is put in service shall include a complete 

 inspection of its structure, machinery and equipments, including the 

 outside of the ship's bottom and the inside and outside of the 

 boilers. This survey shall be such as to ensure that the arrange- 

 ments, material, and scantlings of the structure, boilers and other 

 pressure vessels and their appurtenances, main and auxiliary 

 machinery, electrical installation, radio installation, radiotelegraph 

 installations in motor lifeboats, portable radio apparatus for 

 survival craft, life-saving appliances, fire detecting and extinguishing 

 appliances, pilot ladders and other equipments, fully comply with 

 the requirements of the present Convention, and of the laws, decrees, 

 orders and regulations promulgated as a result thereof by the 

 Administration for ships of the service for which it is intended. 

 The survey shall also be such as to ensure that the workmanship 



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