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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 

 inspection of a Cargo Record Book and the taking of a certified copy 

 by the competent authority under this paragraph shall be performed 

 as expeditiously as possible 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 certificate 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 Adminis- 

 tration 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 Xoxious 

 Liquid Substances in Bulk (1973) is extended as specified in 



• Regulation 12(2) or (4) of this Annex, the interval of the periodi- 

 cal survey may be extended correspondingly. 



(c) Intermediate surveys at intervals specified by the Adminis- 

 tration 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 Prevention Certificate 

 for the Carriage of Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk (1973) 

 issued under Regulation 11 of this Annex. 



