S.L. 234.50 Art. 5Inspections, compliance, expulsion from portsandrefusal of access. S.L. 234.38 S.L. 234.38

(1) Any inspection of a ship in a port in Malta, in accordance with the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control)

Regulations, shall include a verification that a certificate referred to in regulation 6 is carried on board.

(2) If the certificate referred to in regulation 6 is not carried on board, and without prejudice to the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations, the competent authority may issue an expulsion order to the ship which shall be notified to the Commission, the other Member States and the flag State concerned.

(3) When a notification of an expulsion order, is received from another Member State, the ship in question shall be refused access into any Maltese port, until such time when a notification is received from the owner that an insurance certificate referred to in regulation 6 is issued in respect of the ship.