Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2000

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 18 Dec 2000

No. S 579

Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act

(Chapter 243)

Prevention of Pollution of the Sea
(Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk)
(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 (Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2001.

Amendment of regulation 6

2. Regulation 6 (1) of the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations (Rg 2) is amended by deleting the words “and 14 (d)” in the 7th line and substituting the words “, 14 (d) and 16”.

Amendment of First Schedule

3. The First Schedule to the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after Regulation 15, the following Regulation and footnote:

“Regulation 16

Shipboard marine pollution emergency plan
for noxious liquid substances

(1) Every ship of 150 gross tonnage and above certified to carry noxious liquid substances in bulk shall carry on board a shipboard marine pollution emergency plan for noxious liquid substances approved by the Administration. This requirement shall apply to all such ships with effect from 1st January 2003.

(2) Such a plan shall be in accordance with Guidelines* developed by the Organisation and written in a working language or languages understood by the master and officers. The plan shall consist at least of —

(a)	the procedure to be followed by the master or other persons having charge of the ship to report a noxious liquid substances pollution incident, as required in article 8 and Protocol I of the present Convention, based on the Guidelines developed by the Organisation**;
(b)	the list of authorities or persons to be contacted in the event of a noxious liquid substance pollution incident;
(c)	a detailed description of the action to be taken immediately by persons on board to reduce or control the discharge of noxious liquid substances following the incident; and
(d)	the procedures and point of contact on the ship for co-ordinating shipboard action with national and local authorities in combating the pollution.

(3) In the case of ships to which regulation 26 of Annex I of the Convention also applies, such a plan may be combined with the shipboard oil pollution emergency plan required under regulation 26 of Annex I of the Convention. In this case, the title of such a plan shall be “Shipboard marine pollution emergency plan”.

* Refer to “Guidelines for the development of shipboard marine pollution emergency plans for oil and/or noxious liquid substances”.

** Reference is made to the General principles for ship reporting systems and ship reporting requirements, including Guidelines for reporting incidents involving dangerous goods, harmful substances and/or marine pollutants adopted by the Organisation by Resolution A.851 (20).”; and

(b)

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

[G.N. Nos. S 141/92; S70/93; S 120/94; S 262/94; S 163/95;S 526/95; S 42/2000]

Made this 5th day of December 2000.

PETER HO HAK EAN

Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority of
Singapore.

[MPA 46/06.O02 V02/TME; AG/LEG/SL/243/98/1 Vol. 2]

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