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Formal Consolidation |  1991 RevEd
Regulations
34.—(1)  The Minister may make such regulations as appear to him necessary or expedient for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act and for prescribing anything which may be prescribed under this Act and, in particular, for the purpose of giving effect to the following:
(a)any provision of the Convention and any of its Annexes which has not been given effect in this Act; and
(b)any other treaty or international agreement which provides for the modification of the Convention or any of its Annexes.
(2)  Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may by such regulations —
(a)require persons carrying on any trade, business or manufacture to install such equipment as may be prescribed by the Minister for the purpose of eliminating any oil in any trade effluent and for preventing or reducing the discharge of any trade effluent into Singapore waters;
(b)require the owners or operators of oil refineries and oil terminals in Singapore to store such detergents, dispersants and equipment as may be prescribed by the Minister, to deal with any pollution of Singapore waters;
(c)prescribe measures as appear to the Minister to be necessary for the prevention of pollution of Singapore waters by any oil, oily mixture, refuse, waste matter, garbage, plastics, sewage, marine pollutant in packaged form, noxious liquid substance, trade effluent or any other harmful substance;
(d)provide for the conduct of investigations of casualties in respect of any discharge from a ship or any contravention of the provisions of this Act or any regulations made thereunder;
(e)provide for the appointment, registration, duties and powers of MARPOL surveyors and the approval of the organisation employing such surveyors for the purposes of giving effect to Annex II to the Convention;
(f)prescribe fees to be paid in respect of the issue or recording of any certificate, licence or other instrument or the doing of any other thing in pursuance of this Act or any regulations made thereunder;
(g)provide for the approval of documents and the carrying out of surveys and inspections for the purpose of giving effect to the Convention and its Annexes, and for the issue, duration and recognition of certificates for those purposes; and
(h)provide for the denial of entry or prohibition of proceeding to sea of any ship which does not have in force a certificate issued pursuant to any regulations made under paragraph (g).
(3)  Any regulations made under this section may —
(a)make different provisions for different circumstances;
(b)empower any specified person to grant exemption from any provisions of the regulations;
(c)provide for the delegation of functions exercisable by virtue of the regulations;
(d)include such incidental, supplemental and transitional provisions as appear to the Minister to be expedient for the purposes of the regulations; and
(e)provide that a contravention thereof shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $10,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or with both.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 8 of 1999
Regulations
34.—(1)  The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make such regulations as appear to the Authority necessary or expedient for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act and for prescribing anything which may be prescribed under this Act and, in particular, for the purpose of:
(a)giving effect to any provision of the Convention which has not been given effect to in this Act;
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(b)giving effect to any provision of the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation 1990 (including the Final Act of the Conference and the attached resolutions) signed in London on 30th November 1990;
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(c)giving effect to any provision of any international agreement not mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) which relates to the prevention, reduction or control of pollution of the sea or pollution from ships;
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(d)giving effect to any international agreement which modifies any of the international agreements mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c); and
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(e)prescribing any measure which the Authority considers necessary for the prevention, control or reduction of pollution of the sea or pollution from ships.
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(2)  Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, by such regulations —
(a)require persons carrying on any trade, business or manufacture to install such equipment as may be prescribed by the Authority for the purpose of eliminating any oil in any trade effluent and for preventing or reducing the discharge of any trade effluent into Singapore waters;
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(b)require the owners or operators of cargo terminals, shipyards, oil refineries and oil terminals in Singapore, and such other facilities in Singapore as the Port Master may determine, to store such detergents, dispersants and equipment as the Authority may prescribe to deal with any pollution of Singapore waters;
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(d)provide for the conduct of investigations of casualties in respect of any discharge from a ship or any contravention of the provisions of this Act or any regulations made thereunder;
(e)provide for the appointment, registration, duties and powers of MARPOL surveyors and the approval of the organisation employing such surveyors for the purposes of giving effect to Annex II to the Convention;
(f)prescribe fees to be paid in respect of the issue or recording of any certificate, licence or other instrument or the doing of any other thing in pursuance of this Act or any regulations made thereunder;
(g)provide for the approval of documents and the carrying out of surveys and inspections for the purpose of giving effect to any of the international agreements referred to in subsection (1)(a) to (d), or to a measure referred to in subsection (1)(e) and the issue, duration and recognition of any certificate for that purpose;
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(h)provide for the denial of entry or prohibition of proceeding to sea of any ship which does not have in force a certificate issued pursuant to any regulations made under paragraph (g); and
(i)provide for the extra territorial application of any of the regulations to Singapore ships and to persons on board such ships.
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(3)  Any regulations made under this section may —
(a)make different provisions for different circumstances;
(b)empower any specified person to grant exemption from any provisions of the regulations;
(c)provide for the delegation of functions exercisable by virtue of the regulations;
(d)include such incidental, supplemental and transitional provisions as appear to the Authority to be expedient for the purposes of the regulations; and
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(e)provide that a contravention thereof shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $20,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or with both.