Merchant Shipping Act · 1985 Revised Edition · Part V · Safety
221. Cancellation or suspension of certificates
Feedback & supportAny certificate issued under section 220 may be cancelled or suspended by the Minister where he has reason to believe that —
any declaration of survey on which the certificate was founded has been in any particular made fraudulently or erroneously;
the certificate has otherwise been issued on false or erroneous information;
since the making of the declaration of survey material alterations have taken place in the hull or superstructures of the ship which affect the position of load lines marked in accordance with regulations made under section 236; or
the fittings and appliances for the protection of openings, the guard-rails, the freeing ports, or the means of access to the crew’s quarters have not been maintained on the ship in as effective a condition as they were in when the certificate was issued.
In every such case, the Minister may require the owner to have the ship surveyed again and to obtain a further declaration of survey before the reissue of the certificate or the grant of a fresh one in place of it.[241
owner
“owner”, used in relation to goods, means every person who is for the time being entitled, either as owner or agent for the owner, to the possession of the goods, subject in the case of a lien, if any, to that lien;