Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (CONTROL OF POLLUTION BY NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES IN BULK) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 18

Oil-like substances

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)