SHIPPING REGISTRATION ACT 1981 - SECT 15D Pre - registration inspection

SHIPPING REGISTRATION ACT 1981 - SECT 15D

  (1)   If the Registrar receives an application under section   15C to register a ship in the International Register, the Registrar may require that the ship be inspected by an employee or agent of an issuing body for the purposes of determining the application for registration.

  (2)   An employee or agent of an issuing body may, at any reasonable time, go on board a ship and inspect the ship for the purposes of subsection   ( 1).

  (3)   However, an employee or agent of an issuing body must not inspect a ship unless the fixed fee (if any) for the inspection has been paid.