Article 25

     1. Such duly authenticated records as will  provide  prima  facie
evidence  of the safe condition of the lifting appliances and items of
loose gear concerned shall be kept,  on shore or on the  ship  as  the
case  may  be;  they shall specify the safe working load and the dates
and results  of  the  tests,  thorough  examinations  and  inspections
referred  to  in Articles 22,  23 and 24 of this Convention:  Provided
that in the case of inspections referred to in paragraph 1 of  Article
24 of this Convention, a record need only be made where the inspection
discloses a defect.
     2. A  register  of the lifting appliances and items of loose gear
shall be kept in a form prescribed by the competent authority, account
being  taken  of  the  model  recommended  by the International Labour
Office.
     3. The register shall comprise certificates granted or recognised
as valid by the competent authority,  or certified true copies of  the
said  certificates,  in  a form prescribed by the competent authority,
account being taken of the models  recommended  by  the  International
Labour  Office  in  respect  of the testing,  thorough examination and
inspection,  as the case may be,  of lifting appliances and  items  of
loose gear.