s.175Prohibition on proceeding to sea without the appropriate documentation
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Section 175Part 7 — SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA AND MARITIME SECURITY

Prohibition on proceeding to sea without the appropriate documentation

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A Cayman Islands ship shall not proceed to sea unless it has been surveyed and there is in force the certificates required by this Part.
A ship registered in a country to which the Safety Convention applies shall not proceed to sea from a port in the Islands unless there is in force such Safety Convention certificates that would be required if the ship was a Cayman Islands ship.
The extension provisions in section 170 shall apply to certificates under subsection (2) as if the ship was a Cayman Islands ship and the government of the country in which the ship is registered was substituted for the Chief Executive Officer.
A ship registered in a country to which the Safety Convention does not apply shall not proceed to sea from a port in the Islands unless the ship is in the possession of documentation which shows that —
the ship has been surveyed for compliance with the relevant regulations applicable to the ship as though it were a Cayman Islands ship; or
it has been surveyed and is in compliance with the relevant regulations applicable to the ship.
Where a certificate is issued subject to conditions, or specifies sea areas in which a ship is certified to operate, the owner and master shall ensure that all conditions are complied with or, as applicable, that the ship only operates in the specified sea areas.
The master of every ship shall produce to a customs and border control officer from whom a clearance for the ship is demanded for an international voyage the certificates or documentation referred to in this section; and until those certificates are produced a clearance shall not be granted and the ship may be detained.

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