Hong Kong Regulations

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