Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2000

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 08 Nov 2000

No. S 511

Merchant Shipping Act

Chapter 179

Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 100 of the Merchant Shipping Act, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2001.

Amendment of Regulation 1 of Chapter VII

2. Regulation 1 of Chapter VII of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Regulations (Rg 11) is amended by inserting, at the end of paragraph (c), the words “In addition, the requirements of Part D shall apply to the carriage of INF cargo as defined in Regulation 14.”.

New Part D of Chapter VII

3. The Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after Regulation 13 of Chapter VII, the following Part:

“PART D

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CARRIAGE
OF PACKAGED IRRADIATED NUCLEAR FUEL, PLUTONIUM AND HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES ON BOARD SHIPS

Regulation 14

Definitions

For the purpose of this Part, unless expressly provided otherwise —

“high-level radioactive wastes” means liquid wastes resulting from the operation of the first stage extraction system or the concentrated wastes from subsequent extraction stages, in a facility for reprocessing irradiated nuclear fuel, or solids into which such liquid wastes have been converted;

“IMDG Code” means the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code adopted by the Assembly of the Organisation by resolution A.716(17), as amended and may be amended by the Maritime Safety Committee;

“INF cargo” means packaged irradiated nuclear fuel, plutonium and high-level radioactive wastes carried as cargo in accordance with Class 7 of the IMDG Code, schedule 10, 11, 12 or 13;

“INF Code” means the International Code for the Safe Carriage of Packaged Irradiated Nuclear Fuel, Plutonium and High-Level Radioactive Wastes on Board Ships, adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the Organisation by resolution MSC.88(71), as may be amended by the Organisation, provided that such amendments are adopted, brought into force and take effect in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII of the present Convention concerning the amendment procedures applicable to the annex other than Chapter I;

“irradiated nuclear fuel” means material containing uranium, thorium and/or plutonium isotopes which has been used to maintain a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction;

“plutonium” means the resultant mixture of isotopes of that material extracted from irradiated nuclear fuel from reprocessing.

Regulation 15

Application to ships carrying INF cargo

“(a) Except as provided for in paragraph (b), this Part shall apply to all ships regardless of the date of construction and size, including cargo ships of less than 500 tons, engaged in the carriage of INF cargo.

(b) This Part and the INF Code do not apply to warships, naval auxiliary or other vessels owned or operated by a Contracting Government and used, for the time being, only on government non-commercial service; however, such ships carrying INF cargo shall act in a manner consistent, so far as reasonable and practicable, with this Part and the INF Code.

(c) Nothing in this Part or the INF Code shall prejudice the rights and duties of the governments under international law and any action taken to enforce compliance shall be consistent with international law.

Regulation 16

Requirements for ships carrying INF cargo

(a) A ship carrying INF cargo shall comply with the requirements of the INF Code in addition to any other applicable requirements of the present Regulations and shall be surveyed and certified as provided for in that Code.

(b) A ship holding a certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) shall be subject to the control established in Regulation 19 of Chapter I and Regulation 4 of Chapter XI. For this purpose, such certificate shall be treated as a certificate issued under Regulation 12 or 13 of Chapter I.”.

Made this 3rd day of November 2000.

PETER HO HAK EAN

Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

[SS 1.2.1(15); AG/LEG/SL/179/96/1 Vol. 7]

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