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(Cap 413, section 3)* [28 December 1984] (L.N. 429 of 1984) _________________________________________________________________________________ Note: * These regulations were made under Article 3(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/1106 U.K.) as modified and extended to Hong Kong by the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) (Hong Kong) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/1153 U.K.). See sections 3 and 12(1)(b) of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Ordinance, enacted in 1990 (Cap 413). Cap 413A reg 1 Citation and interpretation PART I GENERAL (1) These regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations. (2) In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires- "amidships" (船舯) means at the middle of the length (L); "Annex I" (附件I) means Annex I to the Convention (which sets out regulations for the prevention of pollution by oil); "anniversary date" (周年日期) means the date in each year corresponding to the date of expiry of the IOPP Certificate; "approved" (获批准) means approved by the Director; (37 of 1990 s. 12) "area" (面积) in relation to a ship shall be calculated in all cases to moulded lines; "breadth" (船宽) (B) means the maximum breadth of the ship, measured amidships to the moulded line of the frame in a ship with a metal shell and to the outer surface of the hull in a ship with a shell of any other material, measured in metres; "centre tank" (中间液舱) means any tank inboard of a longitudinal bulkhead; "Certifying Authority" (核证当局) means the Director or any person authorized by the Secretary for Economic Development and Labour; (64 of 1999 s. 3; L.N. 106 of 2002) "chemical tanker" (化学品液货船) means a ship constructed or adapted primarily to carry a cargo of noxious liquid substances in bulk and includes an oil tanker when carrying a cargo or part cargo of noxious liquid substances in bulk; "clean ballast" (清洁压载) means the ballast in a tank which, since oil was last carried therein, has been so cleaned that the effluent therefrom, if it were discharged from a ship which is stationary into clean calm water on a clear day would not produce visible traces of oil on the surface of the water or on adjoining shorelines or cause a sludge or emulsion to be deposited beneath the surface of the water or upon adjoining shorelines. If the ballast is discharged through an approved oil discharge monitoring and control system, evidence based on such a system to the effect that the oil content of the effluent did not exceed 15 ppm shall be determinative that the ballast was clean, notwithstanding the presence of visible traces; "combination carrier" (油类/散货而用船) means a ship designed to carry either oil or solid cargoes in bulk; "Convention country" (公约国) means a country which is a Party to the Convention; "crude oil" (原油) means any liquid hydrocarbon mixture occurring naturally in the earth, whether or not treated to render it suitable for transportation, and includes- (a) crude oil from which certain distillate fractions may have been removed; and (b) crude oil to which certain distillate fractions may have been added;"crude oil tanker" (原油油轮) means an oil tanker engaged in the trade of carrying crude oil; "deadweight" (载重量) (DW) means the difference in metric tons between the displacement of a ship in water of a specific gravity of 1.025 at the load waterline corresponding to the assigned summer freeboard and the lightweight of the ship; "Director" (处长) means the Director of Marine; "existing ship"(现有船舶), without prejudice to regulation 17(2), means a ship which is not a new ship; "filtering equipment" (过滤设备) means filters or any combination of separators and filters which are designed to produce effluent containing not more than 15 ppm of oil; "forward and after perpendiculars" (首尾垂线) shall be taken at the forward and after ends of the length (L). The forward perpendicular shall coincide with the foreside of the stem on the waterline on which the length is measured; "GRT" (总注册吨位) means gross registered tonnage and the gross registered tonnage of a ship having alternative gross registered tonnages shall be taken to be the larger of those tonnages; "harmful substance" (有害物质) means any substance which, if introduced into the sea, is liable to create hazards to human health, to harm living resources and marine life, to damage amenities or to interfere with other legitimate uses of the sea, and includes oil; "HKOPP Certificate" (香港防油污证书) means the Hong Kong Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate; "Hong Kong oil tanker" (香港油轮) means an oil tanker which is registered in Hong Kong; "IBC Code" (国际散化规则) means the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Chemicals in Bulk (1990 Edition) published by the International Maritime Organization as amended; (L.N. 641 of 1994) |