Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Oil) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2000

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 18 Dec 2000

No. S 578

Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act

(Chapter 243)

Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Oil) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34 of the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea 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 Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Oil) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2001.

Amendment of First Schedule

2. The First Schedule to the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Oil) Regulations (Rg 1) is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub-paragraph (a\) of Regulation 13G(1) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(a)

apply to:

(i)	oil tankers of 20,000 tons deadweight and above carrying crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil or lubricating oil as cargo; and
(ii)	oil tankers of 30,000 tons deadweight and above other than those referred to in sub-paragraph (i),

which are contracted, the keels of which are laid, or which are delivered before the dates specified in regulation 13F (1) of this Annex; and”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “6th July 1995” in Regulation 13G(2), the words “, except that the requirements of paragraph (1)(a) applicable to oil tankers of 20,000 tons deadweight and above but less than 30,000 tons deadweight carrying fuel oil, heavy diesel oil or lubricating oil as cargo shall take effect as from 1st January 2003”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2) of Regulation 13G, the following paragraph and footnotes:

“(2bis) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Regulation —

“fuel oil” means heavy distillates or residues from crude oil or blends of such materials intended for use as a fuel for the production of heat or power of a quality equivalent to the specification acceptable to the Organisation;**

** Reference is made to the American Society for Testing and Materials’ Specification for Number Four Fuel Oil (Designation D396) or heavier.

“heavy diesel oil” means marine diesel oil, other than those distillates of which more than 50 per cent by volume distils at a temperature not exceeding 340ºC when tested by the method acceptable to the Organisation.***

***Reference is made to the American Society for Testing and Materials’ Standard Test Method (Designation D86).”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2) of Regulation 26, the following paragraph:

“(3) In the case of ships to which Regulation 16 of Annex II of the Convention also applies, such a plan may be combined with the shipboard marine pollution emergency plan for noxious liquid substances required under that Regulation. In this case, the title of such a plan shall be “Shipboard marine pollution emergency plan.”; and”.

(e)

by inserting, immediately below the words “(Seal or stamp of the authority, as appropriate)” where they last appear in Appendix II, the following Forms:

“