Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (CONTROL OF POLLUTION BY NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES IN BULK) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 28

Prohibition on uncertificated carriage

PART VI

OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

(1) No ship shall load in bulk or carry in bulk any Category A, B, C or D
substance unless-

   (a)  (i) there is in force in respect of that ship a valid INLS Certificate
        or HKNLS Certificate or BCH Code Certificate or IBC Code  Certificate,
        covering the substance in question or, where the substance is
        class-approved, the class in question;

        (ii)   the loading and carriage is in accordance with the terms of
               that Certificate; and

        (iii)  where the substance is class-approved, there is on board the
               ship documentary evidence of the assessment and approval
               referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) respectively of the
               definition of

"class-approved" in regulation 1(2); or

   (b)  the substance is an oil-like substance and-

        (i)    there is in force in respect of the ship a valid IOPP 
               Certificate or HKOPP Certificate with the endorsement specified
               in regulation 18(e) covering the substance in question; and

        (ii)   the loading and carriage is in accordance with the terms of
               that certificate and endorsement.

(2) No ship shall carry a class-approved non-polluting substance unless there
is on board the ship documentary evidence of the assessment and approval
referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) respectively of the definition of
class-approved in regulation 1(2).

(3) No ship shall carry an unassessed liquid substance in bulk unless-

   (a)  either the Director, or the government of a state party to MARPOL 1973
        / 78 with the concurrence of the Director, has given written
        permission for its carriage; and

   (b)  any conditions subject to which that permission was given are complied
        with. (Enacted 1987)