Regulation 12

( a ) (i) A certificate called a Passenger Ship Safety Certificate shall be issued after an initial or renewal survey to a passenger ship which complies with the relevant requirements of Chapters II-1, II-2, III, IV and V and any other relevant requirements of these Regulations. (ii) A certificate called a Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate shall be issued after an initial or renewal survey to a cargo ship which complies with the relevant requirements of Chapters II-1 and II-2 (other than those relating to fire safety systems and appliances and fire control plans) and any other relevant requirements of these Regulations. (iii) A certificate called a Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate shall be issued after an initial or renewal survey to a cargo ship which complies with the relevant requirements of Chapters II-1, II-2, III and V and any other relevant requirements of these Regulations. (iv) A certificate called a Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificate shall be issued after an initial or renewal survey to a cargo ship which complies with the relevant requirements of Chapter IV and any other relevant requirements of these Regulations. (v) (1) A certificate called a Cargo Ship Safety Certificate may be issued after an initial or renewal survey to a cargo ship which complies with the relevant requirements of Chapters II-1, II-2, III, IV and V and any other relevant requirements of these Regulations, as an alternative to the certificates referred to sub-paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv); [S 432/2014 wef 01/07/2014] (2) A reference in this Chapter to a Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate, Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate or Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificate shall, in the case where a Cargo Ship Safety Certificate is issued under sub-paragraph (1), include a reference to a Cargo Ship Safety Certificate. [S 432/2014 wef 01/07/2014] (vi) The Passenger Ship Safety Certificate, the Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate and the Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificate referred to in sub-paragraphs (i), (iii) and (iv), or the Cargo Ship Safety Certificate referred to in sub-paragraph (v), as the case may be, shall be supplemented by a Record of Equipment in the form set out in the Second Schedule. [S 432/2014 wef 01/07/2014] (vii) When an exemption is granted to a ship under and in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations, a certificate referred to as an Exemption Certificate shall be issued in addition to the certificates prescribed in this paragraph. [S 432/2014 wef 01/07/2014] (viii) The certificates referred to in this Regulation shall be issued or endorsed either by the Director or by an authorised organisation. [S 432/2014 wef 01/07/2014] ( b ) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the present Convention, any certificate which is issued under, and in accordance with, the provisions of the Convention and which is current on 3rd February 2000 shall remain valid until it expires. [S 40/2000 wef 03/02/2000]