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No. S 867

Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act

(CHAPTER 243)

Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Oil)
(Amendment) Regulations 2014

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, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Oil) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and shall come into operation on 1 January 2015.

New regulation 6A

2. The Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Oil) Regulations 2006 (G.N. No. S 685/2006) are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 6, the following regulation:

“Authorised organisations

6A. An authorised organisation must comply with such provisions as may be applicable to it in part 2 of the Code for Recognized Organizations referred to in regulation 6.3.1 of Annex I.”.

Amendment of First Schedule

3. The First Schedule to the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Oil) Regulations 2006 is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph 3.1 of regulation 6 and substituting the following paragraph:

“3.1 Surveys of ships as regards the enforcement of the provisions of this Annex shall be carried out by officers of the Administration. The Administration may, however, entrust the surveys either to surveyors nominated for the purpose or to organizations recognized by it. Such organizations, including classification societies, shall be authorized by the Administration in accordance with the provisions of the present Convention and with the Code for Recognized Organizations (RO Code), consisting of part 1 and part 2 (the provisions of which shall be treated as mandatory) and part 3 (the provisions of which shall be treated as recommendatory), as adopted by the Organization by resolution MEPC.238(65), as may be amended by the Organization, provided that:

.1	amendments to part 1 and part 2 of the RO 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 this Annex;

.2	amendments to part 3 of the RO Code are adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee in accordance with its Rules of Procedure; and

.3	any amendments referred to in paragraphs 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 of this regulation adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee and the Marine Environment Protection Committee are identical and come into force or take effect at the same time, as appropriate.”;

(b)

by deleting the words “, maximum capacity ……..kW or kcal/h (delete as appropriate)” in paragraph 3.2.1 of Form A in Appendix II; and

(c)

by deleting the words “, maximum capacity ……..kW or kcal/h (delete as appropriate)” in paragraph 3.2.1 of Form B in Appendix II.

[G.N. Nos. S 393/2007; S 26/2008; S 466/2008; S 792/2010; S 399/2011; S 469/2013]

Made on 30 December 2014.

LUCIEN WONG

Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

[MPA 46/06.C03.V09/LSK; AG/LLRD/SL/243/2010/4 Vol. 1]