Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (PREVENTION OF OIL POLLUTION) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 22

Existing oil tankers engaged in specific trades

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 64 of 1999 s. 3

(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this regulation, paragraphs
(7) to (10) of regulation 18 shall not apply to an existing oil  tanker solely
engaged in specific trades between-

   (a)  ports or terminals within a Convention Country; or

   (b)  ports or terminals of two or more Convention Countries, where-

        (i)    the voyage is entirely within a Special Area as defined in
               regulation 16(1); or

        (ii)   the voyage is entirely within other limits designated by the
               Director. (64 of 1999 s. 3)

(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this regulation shall apply only when
the ports or terminals where the cargo is loaded on such voyages are provided
with reception facilities adequate for the reception and treatment of all the
ballast and tank washing water from oil tankers using them and all the
following conditions are complied with-

   (a)  subject to the exceptions provided for in regulation 11, all ballast
        water, including clean ballast water, and tank washing residues shall
        be retained on board until they are transferred to the said reception
        facilities, and the entry relating to such transfer in the appropriate
        sections of the Oil Record Book referred to in regulation 10 shall be
        endorsed by a competent authority appointed by the Convention 
        Country;

   (b)  agreement shall have been reached between the Director and the
        Governments of the Convention Country or Countries referred to in
        sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (1)(b) of this regulation concerning the use
        of an existing oil tanker for a specific trade; (64 of 1999 s. 3)

   (c)  the adequacy of the reception facilities (in accordance with any
        Regulations relating to reception facilities) at the ports or
        terminals referred to above, shall have been approved for the purpose
        of this regulation by the Governments of the Convention Countries
        within which those ports or terminals are situated; and

   (d)  the IOPP Certificate shall have been endorsed to the effect that the
        oil tanker is solely engaged in such specific trade.