22Part B of Chapter 1 of that annex contains, inter alia, the following regulations:‘Regulation 11Maintenance of conditions after survey(a) The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of the present regulations to ensure that the ship in all respects will remain fit to proceed to sea without danger to the ship or persons on board.…Regulation 17Acceptance of certificatesCertificates issued under the authority of a Contracting Government shall be accepted by the other Contracting Governments for all purposes covered by the present Convention. They shall be regarded by the other Contracting Governments as having the same force as certificates issued by them.…Regulation 19Control(a) Every ship when in a port of another Contracting Government is subject to control by officers duly authorised by such Government in so far as this control is directed towards verifying that … certificates … are valid.(b) Such certificates, if valid, 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 any of the certificates or that the ship and its equipment are not in compliance with the provisions of regulation 11(a) and (b).(c) In the circumstances given in paragraph (b) …, the officer carrying out the control shall take steps to ensure that the ship shall not sail until it can proceed to sea or leave the port for the purpose of proceeding to the appropriate repair yard without danger to the ship or persons on board.…’
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