ship stability loadlines

1. Periodic inspections (afloat and drydocked) to verify
that the above are properly maintained
1)Every ship in respect of which a load line certificate is in force shall be periodically inspected by a Surveyor
in accordance with the provisions of this Rule in order to ensure that :-
(a) the fittings and appliances for the protection of openings, the guard rails, the freeing ports
and the means of access to the crew's quarters in the ship are in an effective condition; and
(b) no changes have been made or taken place in the hull or superstructures of the ship such as
to render no longer accurate the data on the basis of which freeboards were assigned to the ship.
2)Application for an inspection referred to in paragraph (1) shall be made by or on behalf of the owner of
the ship to an Assigning Authority, who shall appoint a Surveyor to carry out the inspection.
3) The Surveyor may in the course of any such inspection require the carrying out of tests considered by him
to be necessary to establish that the ship complies with the requirements of paragraph (1).
4) Inspection of a ship pursuant to this Rule shall be carried out on, or within three months before or after,
each anniversary of the date of completion of the survey leading to the issue of the load line certificate:
Provided that unless the Assigning Authority otherwise consents the intervals between inspections shall
neither be less than nine nor more than fifteen months.
5) The Surveyor, if satisfied after inspection that the ship complies with the requirements of paragraph (1) of
this Rule, shall endorse on the load line certificate in the space provided a record of the inspection and of
the fact :-
(a) in the case of an International Load Line Certificate (1966)—that the ship was found to comply
with the relevant provisions of the Convention, and
(b) in the case of an Irish load line certificate—that the ship was found to comply with the relevant
provisions of these Rules,