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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Construction, survey, and equipment - Requirement of survey

134: Director may exempt any particular ship or class of ship from survey

You could also call this:

"The Director can let some ships skip safety checks."

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The Director can choose to exempt a specific ship or a group of ships from having a survey. You need to know that a survey is a check to make sure a ship is safe. The Director has the power to make this decision for any ship or class of ship they want to exempt.

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Part 10Construction, survey, and equipment
Requirement of survey

134Director may exempt any particular ship or class of ship from survey (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 134: repealed, on (after expiring on 1 February 1998), by section 187.