Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION) (COMPULSORY INSURANCE) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 3

Definition of "persistent oil"

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For the purpose of section 15(1) of the Ordinance "persistent oil"
(低揮發性油 類) means any of the following-

   (a)  hydrocarbon mineral oils whether crude or distilled, including crude
        coal tar and the oil residue of tank cleaning operations necessitated
        by the carriage of any such oils, but excluding those oils which
        consist wholly of distillate fractions of which more than 50 per cent
        by volume distil at 340o centigrade when tested by the "American
        Society for Testing and Materials Specification D86/67" in the case of
        oils derived from petroleum and at 350o centigrade in the case of oils
        derived from coal tar;

   (b)  residual oil, consisting of mineral hydrocarbons comprising the
        residues of the process of distilling or refining crude petroleum or
        of both such processes, and any mixture containing such residual oil;

   (c)  whale oil.

(38 of 1990 s. 32 (1)) "persistent oil" (低揮發性油類)