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(d) An official receipt is given for all payments and if official confirmation of a pay- nient is subsequently required a copy of the original receipt will be supplied on payment of $2.
Survey for a Passenger Certificate.
(Ships exceeding 60 tons Net).
3.-(a) Scale of fees for certificate for 12 months :-
Under 100
100 and under 200
Tons (Gross).
200 400
400
"
600
"
For every additional 300 or part of 300
up to 15,000 above 15,000
Fee.
$
70
90
115
135
30
20
(b) For a certificate for less than 12 months, one-twelfth of the full fee will be charged for each month of the period of the certificate but no fee is to be less than three-twelfths of the full fee or $30 whichever is the greater.
(c) For a new ship or a ship coming under survey for a passenger certificate for the first time the full 12 months fee will be charged even though a certificate for 12 months may not be required.
(d) When the duration of the certificate is limited by the Surveyor's declaration, owing to special reasons rendering one or more further surveys necessary within the ensuing 12 months, the total of the fees paid for the certificates covering a period of 12 consecutive months is not to exceed the full fee for a 12 months certificate.
(e) If any machinery is fitted on board a ship while the passenger certificate is in force the fee for surveying such machinery is $20.
(f) If the passenger accommodation is altered while a passenger certificate is in force the fee for surveying and measuring such alterations is $20 provided, however, that if the number of passengers is increased by more than 200 this fee is to be increased by $15 for every additional 200, or part of 200, passengers.
(g) For the examination of the midship section and other structural plans of a new passenger ship, including a full investigation into the water-tight subdivision arrange- ments, the fee is to be one-fourth of that prescribed in the above scale subject however to a maximum of $400. If the ship is surveyed during construction this fee will be considered as part of the fee for a 12 months passenger certificate.
(h) When a ship is surveyed during construction as for passenger certificate, and the survey is to be completed except in regard to certain specific details such as life- saving appliances, passenger accommodation, etc., the fee will be the sum of the fees chargeable for the parts and details actually surveyed with the addition thereto of $15. for the issue of a certificate of survey or certifying letter.
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(i) The fee for a passenger certificate is independent of the number of visits that a Surveyor may require to make before granting his declaration, and covers the complete survey of the hull, including the inspection of the bottom, etc., in dry dock; the survey of the boilers and propelling machinery on board the ship; the inspection of the equip- ments of the ship, including the lights and sound signals and life-saving appliances. In the case of a classed ship, the full fee for a 12 months passenger certificate also covers the survey for a certificate of approval of the loadline if such survey is made at the same. time.