Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (IBC CODE) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 2

Application

(1) These regulations apply, subject to the following provisions of this
regulation-

   (a)  to chemical tankers constructed on or after 1 July 1986;

   (b)  to ships converted to being chemical tankers on or after that date
        except oil tankers-

        (i)    which were built before that date; and

        (ii)   which are converted for the purpose of carrying pollution 
               hazard substances only; and

        (iii)  the conversion of which consists only of modifications
               necessary for compliance with Chapter VA of the BCH Code; and

   (c)  (to the extent that the Director considers reasonable and practicable)
        to chemical tankers which were constructed before, but undergo
        repairs, alterations and modifications of a major character on or
        after, that date.

(2) Where a chemical tanker is constructed or adapted to carry both-

   (a)  one or more of the substances listed both in Chapter 17 of the
        IBC Code and in Chapter 19 of the 1983 IGC Code or the 1993 IGC Code,
        as the case may be; and

   (b)  one or more of the substances listed in Chapter 19 of the 1983 IGC
        Code or the 1993 IGC Code, as the case may be, but not in Chapter 17
        of the IBC Code, then to the extent that the requirements of those two
        Codes are inconsistent, the requirements of the 1983 IGC Code or the
        1993 IGC Code, as the case may be, shall prevail. (L.N. 185 of 1995)

(3) These regulations apply to all ships specified in paragraph (1) which are
Hong Kong ships wherever they may be and to other such ships while they are
within the waters of Hong Kong: Provided that in the case of a ship registered
in a State which is not a party to the 1974 SOLAS Convention or to MARPOL
1973/78 they shall not apply by reason of its being within the waters of Hong
Kong if it would not have been there but for stress of weather or any
circumstances which could not have been prevented by the owner, the master or
the charterer

(if any). (Enacted 1987)