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(1) Subject to where an International Ship Security Certificate is issued for a period of less than 5 years, the Authority may after compliance with the applicable provisions of section 29, extend the validity of the certificate beyond the expiry date to the maximum period specified under subsection (1) of section 30.

(2) Where a renewal verification has been completed and a new certificate cannot be issued or placed on board the ship before the expiry date of the existing certificate, the Authority or a recognised security Organisation may endorse the existing certificate as valid only for a further period not exceeding 5 months from the expiry date.

(3) Where a certificate expires at a time when the respective ship is not in the port in which it is to be verified, the authority may only extend the validity of the certificate

(a) for the purpose of allowing the ship to complete its voyage to the port in which it is to be verified;

(b) when the exigency of the circumstances require the extension; or

(c) for a period not exceeding 3 months.

(4) The ship to which an extension under subsection (3) applies, shall not on arrival at the port in which it is to be verified, leave that port without the new certificate in respect of the extended validity.

(5) The new certificate in respect of an extended validity under subsection (3) shall be valid for a period not exceeding 5 years from the expiry date of the existing certificate before the grant of the extension.

(6) Where a certificate issued to a ship engaged on a short voyage has not been extended under subsections (1) to (3), the Authority may extend the validity of that certificate,

(a) for a period of up to one month; and

(b) to run for a period not exceeding 5 years from the date of expiry of the existing certificate before the granted extension.

(7) Where an intermediate verification is completed before the expiration period of 5 years specified under subsection (1) of section 30, the expiry date

(a) on the certificate shall be amended by endorsement to a date that is not more than 3 years later than the date on which the intermediate verification was completed; or

(b) may remain unchanged provided any additional verification is carried out and the duration between verifications does not exceed 5 years.

(8) An endorsement for the extension of the validity of an International Ship Security Certificate shall be as specified in the forms in Schedule VI.