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[接上页] (b) (i) the tank is neither to be washed nor ballasted at sea; and (ii) the requirements for washing and discharge will be complied with in respect of that tank at another port; and (iii) it has been confirmed in writing to the satisfaction of the Director, or if the port is not in Hong Kong, of the government or other proper authority of the state in which the port is situated, that an adequate reception facility will be available for the purpose at that other port; or(c) the substance is one for which cleaning by ventilation is stated to be appropriate in the ship's Procedures and Arrangements Manual or is approved by the Director. (Enacted 1987) Cap 413B reg 18 Oil-like substances Expanded Cross Reference: 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 Notwithstanding the provisions of regulations 6 to 13 (both inclusive) an oil-like substance may be carried on an oil tanker and discharged in accordance with regulation 13 of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Regulations: Provided that- (a) the ship complies with the requirements of those regulations applicable to product carriers as therein defined (oil tankers engaged in the trade of carrying oil other than crude oil); (b) (i) where the substance in question is a Category C substance and the ship was constructed on or after 1 July 1986, it complies with the damage stability requirements for a Type 3 ship specified in the IBC Code; or (ii) where the substance in question is a Category C substance and the ship is- (A) a ship for which the building contract was placed on or after 2 November 1973 and which is engaged wholly or partly on voyages to ports or terminals under the jurisdiction of states parties to MARPOL 1973/78 other than the state in which the ship is registered; or (B) a Hong Kong ship constructed on or after 1 July 1983 and engaged solely on voyages within the waters of Hong Kong,it complies with the damage stability requirements for a Type 3 ship specified in the BCH Code;(c) the oil content meter in the ship's oil discharge and monitoring system required by regulation 15(3) of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Regulations is approved by the Director, or by or on behalf of the government or the state in which the ship is registered, for use in monitoring the concentration of the substance in question; (d) the ship carries an IOPP Certificate or a HKOPP Certificate, in either case with the supplement thereto entitled "Record of Construction and Equipment for Oil Tankers"; and (e) the IOPP Certificate or the HKOPP Certificate as the case may be is endorsed by the Director, or by or on behalf of the government of the state in which the ship is registered, to indicate that the ship may carry oil-like substances in conformity with regulation 14 of Annex II to MARPOL 1973/78 and the list in such endorsement of the oil-like substances which the ship is permitted to carry includes the substance in question. (Enacted 1987) Cap 413B reg 19 Procedures and Arrangements Manual PART III DOCUMENTS (1) Every ship shall be provided with a Procedures and Arrangements Manual complying with the IMO Standards. (2) Such manual shall be approved, in the case of a Hong Kong ship, by the Director or, in the case of a ship registered in a state party to MARPOL 1973/78, by or on behalf of the government of that state. (3) A manual approved in accordance with paragraph (2) shall be deemed to comply with the IMO Standards. (4) The Procedures and Arrangements Manual shall be kept on board the ship in such a place as to be readily available for inspection. (5) The Procedures and Arrangements Manual shall- (a) in the case of a Hong Kong ship, be in English; (b) in the case of a Hong Kong-trading ship, be in English and Chinese; and (c) in the case of any other ship, be in, or include a translation into, English or French. (Enacted 1987) Cap 413B reg 20 Cargo Record Book (1) Every ship shall be provided with a Cargo Record Book in the form specified in Appendix IV to Annex II to MARPOL 1973/78, with such modifications, in the case of a Hong Kong-trading ship, as may be specified by the Director. (2) Whenever any of the following operations takes place in respect of any noxious liquid substance a record of the operation shall be made in the Cargo Record Book in relation to each tank affected by the operation- (a) loading of cargo; (b) internal transfer of cargo; (c) unloading of cargo; (d) cleaning of cargo tanks; (e) ballasting of cargo tanks; (f) discharge of ballast from cargo tanks; (g) disposal of residues to reception facilities; (h) discharge of residues into the sea in accordance with regulation 5, 11, 13, 14 or 16; (i) removal of residues by ventilation.(3) In the event that any discharge of the kind referred to in regulation 16 of any noxious liquid substance or mixture containing such substance is made or occurs, an entry shall be made without delay in the Cargo Record Book stating the circumstances of, and the reason for, the discharge. (4) The entries in the Cargo Record Book, in the case of a Hong Kong ship, shall be in English (and in addition, in the case of a Hong Kong-trading ship, in Chinese) and, in the case of any other ship, in an official language of the state in which the ship is registered and, where that language is neither English nor French, in English or French. Each entry shall be signed by the officer or officers in charge of the operation and each page shall be signed by the master. |