Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 20 Dec 2016

No. S 667

Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act

(CHAPTER 243)

Prevention of Pollution of the Sea
(Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk)
(Amendment) Regulations 2016

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 Transport, makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 and come into operation on 1 January 2017.

Amendment of First Schedule

2. The First Schedule to the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 2006 (G.N. No. S 686/2006) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “this Annex” in paragraph 1 of regulation 3, the words “and chapter 2 of part II‑A of the Polar Code”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “this regulation” in paragraph 3 of regulation 16, the words “, and chapter 2 of part II‑A of the Polar Code when the ship is operating in Arctic waters,”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after regulation 20, the following Chapter:

“CHAPTER 10

INTERNATIONAL CODE FOR SHIPS
OPERATING IN POLAR WATERS

Regulation 21

Definitions

For the purpose of this Annex,

1 Polar Code means the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters, consisting of an introduction, part I‑A and part II‑A and parts I‑B and II‑B, adopted by resolutions MSC.385(94) and MEPC.264(68), as may be amended, provided that:

.1 amendments to the environment-related provisions of the introduction and chapter 2 of part II‑A of the Polar Code are adopted, brought into force and take effect in accordance with the provisions of article 16 of the present Convention concerning the amendment procedures applicable to an appendix to an annex; and

.2 amendments to part II‑B of the Polar Code are adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee in accordance with its Rules of Procedure.

2 Arctic waters means those waters which are located north of a line from the latitude 58º00′.0 N and longitude 042º00′.0 W to latitude 64º37′.0 N, longitude 035º27′.0 W and thence by a rhumb line to latitude 67º03′.9 N, longitude 026º33′.4 W and thence by a rhumb line to the latitude 70º49′.56 N and longitude 008º59′.61 W (Sørkapp, Jan Mayen) and by the southern shore of Jan Mayen to 73º31′.6 N and 019º01′.0 E by the Island of Bjørnøya, and thence by a great circle line to the latitude 68º38′.29 N and longitude 043º23′.08 E (Cap Kanin Nos) and hence by the northern shore of the Asian Continent eastward to the Bering Strait and thence from the Bering Strait westward to latitude 60º N as far as Il’pyrskiy and following the 60th North parallel eastward as far as and including Etolin Strait and thence by the northern shore of the North American continent as far south as latitude 60º N and thence eastward along parallel of latitude 60º N, to longitude 056º37′.1 W and thence to the latitude 58º00′.0 N, longitude 042º00′.0 W.

3 Polar waters means Arctic waters and/or the Antarctic area.

Regulation 22

Application and requirements

1 This chapter applies to all ships certified to carry noxious liquid substances in bulk and operating in polar waters.

2 Unless expressly provided otherwise, any ship covered by paragraph 1 of this regulation shall comply with the environment‑related provisions of the introduction and with chapter 2 of part II‑A of the Polar Code, in addition to any other applicable requirements of this Annex.

3 In applying chapter 2 of part II‑A of the Polar Code, consideration should be given to the additional guidance in part II‑B of the Polar Code.”;

(d)

by inserting the words “In addition, under chapter 2 of part II‑A of the Polar Code, more stringent discharge criteria apply in Arctic waters.” at the end of paragraph 1.3 of section 1 in Appendix 4; and

(e)

by deleting the words “Antarctic area (the sea area south of latitude 60ºS)” in paragraph 4.4.3 of section 4 in Appendix 4 and substituting the words “polar waters”.

[G.N. Nos. S 470/2013; S 868/2014; S 798/2015]

Made on 6 December 2016.

LUCIEN WONG

Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

[MPA 46/06.O02.V05/CO; AG/LEGIS/SL/243/2015/3 Vol. 1]

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