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issuing body is satisfied that the appliance, item of equipment or arrangement, or make or kind of appliance or equipment, continues to comply with this Order.
       (3) A certificate of approval may be revoked by an issuing body if AMSA is satisfied that the appliance, item of equipment or arrangement, or make or kind of appliance or equipment, no longer complies with this Order.
       (4) An issuing body may approve a lifesaving appliance, item of equipment or arrangement under this Order only if it:
(a) complies with this Order; or
(b) has passed:
 (i) any tests that apply to it under IMO Resolution MSC.81(70) Revised Recommendation on Testing of Life-Saving Appliances as in force from time to time; or
 (ii) if it is of novel design — any tests that apply to it under IMO Resolution A.520(13) Code of Practice for the Evaluation, Testing and Acceptance of Prototype Novel Life-Saving Appliances and Arrangements as in force from time to time; or
 (iii) tests substantially equivalent to those mentioned in subparagraphs (i) and (ii).
       (5) For an inflatable liferaft that is subject to extended service intervals:
(a) only AMSA may issue or renew a certificate of approval; and
(b) in addition to the requirements for approval mentioned in subsection (4), the liferaft will only be approved in accordance with IMO Circular MSC.1/Circ. 1328 Guidelines for the approval of inflatable liferafts subject to extended service intervals not exceeding 30 months, as in force from time to time.

21 Servicing of inflatable liferafts
       (1) The owner or master of the vessel must ensure that the inflatable liferafts installed in the vessel are serviced by an approved servicing station.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (2) An offence against subsection (1) is a strict liability offence.
       (3) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).

22 Approval of servicing stations
       (1) The owner of a servicing station may apply to an issuing body for approval to service inflatable liferafts.
       (2) An issuing body may approve the servicing station if it complies with IMO Resolution A.761 (18), Recommendation on conditions for the approval of servicing stations for inflatable liferafts, as in force from time to time.
       (3) However, if the servicing station does not comply with IMO Resolution A.761 (18) only because it has not been accredited for servicing by a manufacturer of liferafts, AMSA may approve the servicing station if it considers that it is necessary in the circumstances.
       (4) An issuing body that approves a servicing station under this section may issue a servicing station certificate to the service provider for the servicing station.
       (5) The issue of a servicing station certificate is taken to be a decision to