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life-saving appliances than that stated in the Certificate, an annex may be 

 issued by the Government, person, or organization referred to in Regulation 12 

 or 13. 



(b) This annex shall state that in the circumstances there is no infringement 

 of the provisions of the present Regulations. It shall be annexed to the 

 Certificate and shall be substituted for it in so far as the life-saving appliances 

 are concerned. It shall be valid only for the particular voyage for which it 

 is issued. 



Regulation 19 



Control 



Every ship holding a certificate issued under Regulation 12 or 

 Regulation 13 is subject in the ports of the other Contracting Governments 

 to control by officers duly authorised by such Governments in so far as this 

 control is directed towards verifying that there is on board a valid certificate. 

 Such certificate shall be accepted unless there are clear grounds for believing 

 that the condition of the ship or of its equipment does not correspond 

 substantially with the particulars of that certificate. In that case, the 

 officer carrying out the control shall take such steps as will ensure that the 

 ship shall not sail until it can proceed to sea without danger to the passengers 

 or the crew. In the event of this control giving rise to intervention of any 

 kind, the officer carrying out the control shall inform the Consul of the 

 country in which the ship is registered in writing forthwith of all the circum- 

 stances in which intervention was deemed to be necessary, and the facts shall 

 be reported to the Organization. 



Regulation 20 



Privileges 



The privileges of the present Convention may not be claimed in favour 

 of any ship unless it holds appropriate valid certificates. 



PART C— CASUALTIES 

 Regulation 21 



Casualties 

 (a) Each Administration undertakes to conduct an investigation of any 

 casualty occurring to any of its ships subject to the provisions of the present 

 Convention when it judges that such an investigation may assist in determining 

 what changes in the present Regulations might be desirable. 



ib) Each Contracting Government undertakes to supply the Organization 

 with pertinent information concerning the findings of such investigations. 

 No reports or recommendations of the Organization based upon such informa- 

 tion shall disclose the identity or nationality of the ships concerned or in any 

 manner fix or imply responsibility upon any ship or person. 



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