Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (REPORTING OF POLLUTION INCIDENTS) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 4

Duty to report

(1) The master of a ship involved in an incident at sea involving-

   (a)  an actual or probable discharge of oil, or of any noxious 
        liquid substance carried in bulk resulting or likely to result from
        damage to the ship or its equipment, or made or likely to be made for
        the purpose of securing the safety of a ship or saving life at sea;

   (b)  an actual or probable discharge of a marine pollutant in 
        packaged form from the ship; or

   (c)  an actual discharge during the operation of the ship of oil or any
        noxious liquid substance in excess of the quantity or instantaneous
        rate permitted under the relevant provision of Part 3 of the Merchant 
        Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations ( Cap 413 sub.
        leg.) or Part II of the Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution by
        Noxious Liquid  Substances in Bulk) Regulations ( Cap 413 sub. leg.),
        shall report the particulars of such an incident without delay and to
        the fullest extent possible in accordance with the requirements of
        regulation 5.

(2) In the event of a report from such a ship being incomplete or
unobtainable, the owner shall, to the fullest extent practicable, make or
complete the report required by paragraph (1). (Enacted 1987)