Enforcement Decree of the Ship Safety Act.

The purpose of this Decree is to prescribe matters delegated by the Ship Safety Act and matters necessary for the enforcement thereof. The text – consisting of 22 articles – provides, among other things, for the following: scope of application of the Act to foreign ships; exclusion from application following conclusion of agreements; term of validity of ship inspection certificate and inspection certificate under international agreement; extension of term of validity of ship inspection certificate and inspection certificate under international agreement; criteria, procedures for designation of designated test agency; agency for inspection affairs; cancellation of agency affairs; cancellation of agency for measurement of thickness; execution of port state control; measures concerning port state control; publication; measures following special inspections; delegation of authority.