Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Air) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2020

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 21 Sep 2020

No. S 804

Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act

(CHAPTER 243)

Prevention of Pollution of the Sea
(Air) (Amendment No. 2)
Regulations 2020

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 (Air) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 1 October 2020.

Amendment of regulation 5

2. Regulation 5 of the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Air) Regulations 2005 (G.N. No. S 134/2005) is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (1), the following paragraph:

“(1A) For the purposes of regulations 2.51 and 12.6 of Annex VI, references to the Administration shall be read as references to the Director or an authorised organisation.”.

Amendment of First Schedule

3. The First Schedule to the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Air) Regulations 2005 is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph 42 of regulation 2 and substituting the following paragraph:

“42 Polar Code means the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters, consisting of an introduction, parts I‑A and 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:

amendments to the environment-related provisions of the introduction and chapter 1 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.”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph 50 of regulation 2, the following paragraph:

“51 Electronic Record Book means a device or system, approved by the Administration, used to electronically record the required entries for discharges, transfers and other operations as required under this Annex in lieu of a hard copy record book.”;

(c)

by deleting paragraph 6 of regulation 12 and substituting the following paragraph:

“6 Each ship subject to regulation 6.1 that has rechargeable systems that contain ozone‑depleting substances shall maintain an ozone‑depleting substances record book. This record book may form part of an existing logbook or electronic record book as approved by the Administration. An electronic recording system referred to in regulation 12.6, as adopted by resolution MEPC.176(58), shall be considered an electronic record book, provided the electronic recording system is approved by the Administration on or before the first International Air Pollution Prevention (IAPP) Certificate renewal survey carried out on or after 1 October 2020, but not later than 1 October 2025, taking into account the Guidelines developed by the Organization^*.

^* Refer to the Guidelines for the use of electronic record books under MARPOL, adopted by resolution MEPC.312(74).”;

(d)

by deleting paragraph 5.3 of regulation 13 and substituting the following paragraph:

“5.3 The tier and on/off status of marine diesel engines installed on board a ship to which paragraph 5.1 of this regulation applies which are certified to both Tier II and Tier III or which are certified to Tier II only shall be recorded in such logbook or electronic record book^*, as prescribed by the Administration at entry into and exit from a NO_x Tier III emission control area, or when the on/off status changes within such an area, together with the date, time and position of the ship.

^* Refer to the Guidelines for the use of electronic record books under MARPOL, adopted by resolution MEPC.312(74).”;

(e)

by inserting, immediately after the words “shall be recorded in such logbook” in paragraph 6 of regulation 14, the words “or electronic record book”;

(f)

by deleting the words “cargo ships having ice‑breaking capability” in paragraph 3 of regulation 19 and substituting the words “category A ships as defined in the Polar Code”;

(g)

by deleting the words “by resolution MEPC.1706(58) in 2008” in Appendix I;

(h)

by deleting the words “by resolution MEPC.203(62)” in Appendix VIII; and

(i)

by deleting the words “International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution by Ships” in Appendices VIII and X and substituting in each case the words “International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships”.

[G.N. Nos. S 620/2006; S 331/2010; S 398/2011; S 21/2012; S 661/2012; S 467/2013; S 376/2015; S 799/2015; S 78/2016; S 492/2017; S 113/2018; S 904/2018; S 563/2019; S 144/2020]

Made on 1 September 2020.

NIAM CHIANG MENG

Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

[MPA 46/06.O11/NWT; AG/LEGIS/SL/243/2020/4 Vol. 1]

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