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[接上页] "segregated ballast" (隔离压载) means ballast water introduced into a tank which is permanently allocated to the carriage of ballast or to the carriage of ballast or cargoes other than oil or noxious liquid substances and which is completely separated from the cargo pumping and piping system and from the fuel oil pumping and piping system; "ship" (船、船舶) means a vessel of any type whatsoever operating in the marine environment and includes hydrofoil boats, hovercraft, submersibles, floating craft and also fixed or floating platforms except when they are actually engaged in exploration or exploitation of the sea-bed or associated off-shore processing of sea-bed mineral resources; "Special Area" (特殊区域) means the Baltic Sea area, the Black Sea area or the Antarctic area, defined as follows- (L.N. 186 of 1995) "the Antarctic area" (南极区域) means the sea area south of the latitude 60 degrees S; (L.N. 186 of 1995) "the Baltic Sea area" (波罗的海区域) means the Baltic Sea with the Gulf of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland and the entrance to the Baltic Sea bounded by the parallel of the Skaw in the Skagerrak at 57 degrees 44.8'N; "the Black Sea area" (黑海区域) means the Black Sea with the boundary between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea constituted by the parallel 41 degrees N;"unassessed liquid substance" (未经评估液体物质) means a liquid substance which is neither a noxious liquid substance nor a non-polluting substance and is not oil as defined in the Prevention of Oil Pollution Regulations. (37 of 1990 s. 12; L.N. 87 of 1992)_________________________________________________________________________________ Note: (a) Cmnd. 5748; the Convention was amended in 1978 (Cmnd. 7347) and by amendments adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization on 5 December 1985, 17 March 1989 and 30 October 1992. (L.N. 186 of 1995) (b) Cmnd. 2511. Cap 413B reg 2 Application (1) These regulations apply to ships carrying in bulk noxious liquid substances or unassessed liquid substances. (2) These regulations apply to Hong Kong ships wherever they may be and to other ships while they are in the waters of Hong Kong. (Enacted 1987; L.N. 186 of 1995) Cap 413B reg 2A Power of Director in respect of appointments and delegations (1) The Director may, in writing, appoint persons to be surveyors or Marpol surveyors for the purposes of these regulations. (2) A surveyor or Marpol surveyor shall have such powers, functions and duties as are prescribed, respectively, in these regulations. (3) The Director may, in writing, delegate to any public officer or class of public officers any of his powers, functions or duties under these regulations and may at any time revoke any such delegation. (4) No delegation under paragraph (3) shall preclude the Director from exercising or performing at any time any power, function or duty so delegated. (Enacted 1987) Cap 413B reg 2B Fees Fees shall be payable in respect of surveys and other services provided under these regulations and, except in relation to a survey carried out by a surveyor other than a surveyor referred to in regulation 23(2)(a), shall be determined as prescribed by the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations (Cap 281 sub. leg.) and, as respects the time involved, by reference to the hourly rate calculated in accordance with those regulations. (Enacted 1987) Cap 413B reg 2C Transitional Any INLS Certificate or equivalent certificate (in the case of a Hong Kong-trading ship) issued by the Director pursuant to Annex II to MARPOL 1973/78 prior to the commencement of these regulations shall be deemed for all purposes to be an INLS Certificate or HKNLS Certificate, as the case may be, issued under these regulations and shall have effect according to its terms. (Enacted 1987) Cap 413B reg 3 Category A substances - discharge PART II DISCHARGE AND WASHING OF TANKS The discharge into the sea of a Category A substance is prohibited. (Enacted 1987) Cap 413B reg 4 Category A - tank washing in all areas (1) A tank from which a Category A substance has been unloaded shall be washed before the ship leaves the port of unloading. (2) The resulting tank washings should be discharged into a reception facility at that port and washing and discharge shall, subject to paragraph (5), continue until the washings at the point of discharge into the reception facility are at or below the level of concentration of- (a) 0.1% by weight, or 0.01% by weight in the case where the substance in question is phosphorus (yellow or white), if the ship is not in a Special Area; or (b) 0.05% by weight, or 0.005% by weight in the case where the substance in question is phosphorus (yellow or white), if the ship is in a Special Area. (L.N. 186 of 1995)(3) After the tank washings at the point of discharge into the reception facilities reach a level of concentration at or below the prescribed concentration, discharge from the tank shall be continued until the tank is empty. |