reg 5 Survey of ships
(1) A ship falling within paragraph (2) is subject to the following surveys— (a) before a Maritime Labour Certificate is first issued in relation to the ship, an initial survey by a certifying authority, as set out in Merchant Shipping Notice 1848(M), (b) within five years of the first issue of a Maritime Labour Certificate, and thereafter at intervals which must be no more than five years, a renewal survey by a certifying authority, as set out in Merchant Shipping Notice 1848(M), (c) in the period between the anniversary dates of a Maritime Labour Certificate in its second and third years of validity, an intermediate survey by a certifying authority, as set out in Merchant Shipping Notice 1848(M). (2) A ship falls within this paragraph if it is a ship of 500 gross tonnage or over which— (a) is engaged in international voyages, (b) is operating to and from a single port in a country other than the United Kingdom, or (c) is operating between ports in a country other than the United Kingdom. (3) A ship which does not fall within paragraph (2) is subject to a survey by a certifying authority as set out in Merchant Shipping Notice 1848(M). (4) In this regulation, “ international voyage ” means a voyage from a country to a port outside such a country.