PART I | 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Port) Regulations. |
2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —“authorised officer” means —| (a) | any duly authorised employee of the Authority; | | (b) | any police or customs officer; or | | (c) | any person authorised by the Authority in writing for the purposes of these Regulations; |
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| “Class ‘A’ petroleum” means any petroleum that has a flash point less than 23° Celsius and includes liquefied petroleum gas; |
| “Collision Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Collisions at Sea) Regulations (Cap. 179, Rg 10); |
| “control station” means any Signal Station and any station whose purpose is to aid the direction, or control, of movements of shipping; |
| [Deleted by S 26/2005 wef 31/01/2005] |
| “dangerous goods” has the same meaning as in regulation 35 of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Dangerous Goods, Petroleum and Explosives) Regulations 2005 (G.N. No. S 24/2005); [S 26/2005 wef 31/01/2005] |
| [Deleted by S 26/2005 wef 31/01/2005] |
| “height”, in relation to a vessel, means the height of the vessel measured vertically from the waterline of the vessel to the highest point of the vessel including its cargo, structure or equipment on board; |
| “ISPS Code” has the same meaning as in Regulation 1 of Chapter XI-2 of the Safety Convention Regulations; [S 215/2004 wef 01/07/2004] |
| “Keppel Harbour” means the area of the port from the western extremity of Tanjong Rimau on Sentosa in a straight line to Berlayar Beacon thence along the Singapore coastline to a position Latitude 01 degrees 16.265 minutes N Longitude 103 degrees 51.43 minutes E thence in a straight line to Outer Shoal Beacon thence in a straight line to Buran Beacon thence along northern coastline of Sentosa to Tanjong Rimau; |
| “laid-up”, in relation to any vessel, means the vessel is not under repair or actively employed; |
| “main fairway” means any area of the waters of the port specified as a Prohibited Anchorage Area in the Third Schedule; |
| “MARPOL 73/78” means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (including its protocols, annexes and appendixes) which constitutes attachment 1 to the final act of the International Conference on Marine Pollution signed in London on 2nd November 1973, as modified and added to by the Protocol of 1978; |
| “oil terminal” means any place having a permanent means of loading or discharging petroleum, whether in bulk or packaged, into or from any vessel; |
| “operator”, in relation to a port facility, means a person other than the Authority who, for the time being, manages the port facility; [S 215/2004 wef 01/07/2004] |
“passenger” means any person carried in a ship, except —| (a) | a person employed or engaged in any capacity on board the ship on the business of the ship; | | (b) | a person on board the ship either —| (i) | pursuant to the obligation on the master to carry shipwrecked, distressed or other persons; or | | (ii) | by reason of any circumstance that neither the master nor the charterer (if any) could have prevented or forestalled; and |
| | (c) | a child below one year of age; |
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“petroleum” includes —| (a) | the liquids commonly known by the names of Rock oil, Rangoon oil, Burma oil, kerosene, paraffin oil, petrol, gasoline, benzol, benzoline, benzine or naptha; and | | (b) | any like flammable liquid, whether —| (i) | a natural product; or | | (ii) | a product made from petroleum, coal, schist, shale or any other bituminous substance; |
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| “port facility” has the same meaning as in Regulation 1 of Chapter XI-2 of the Safety Convention Regulations; [S 215/2004 wef 01/07/2004] |
“port facility security plan” means a plan approved by the Authority that is developed to ensure the application of measures designed to protect —| (a) | the port facility; and | | (b) | ships, persons, cargo, cargo transport units and ship stores within the port facility, |
| from the risks of a security incident; |
[S 215/2004 wef 01/07/2004] |
| “recognised security organisation” has the same meaning as in Regulation 1 of Chapter XI-2 of the Safety Convention Regulations; [S 215/2004 wef 01/07/2004] |
| “Safety Convention Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Regulations (Cap. 179, Rg 11); [S 215/2004 wef 01/07/2004] |
| “sea-going vessel” means any vessel going beyond Singapore port limits; |
| “security incident” has the same meaning as in Regulation 1 of Chapter XI-2 of the Safety Convention Regulations; [S 215/2004 wef 01/07/2004] |
“ship” means any type of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved, and includes —| (a) | a barge, lighter, mobile offshore drilling unit, high speed craft or other floating vessel; or | | (b) | an air-cushioned vehicle or other similar craft used wholly or primarily in navigation by water; [S 215/2004 wef 01/07/2004] |
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| “Statement of Compliance” means a Statement of Compliance issued by the Authority in respect of a port facility under regulation 63C; [S 215/2004 wef 01/07/2004] |
| “towage” means any operation in connection with holding, pushing, pulling, or moving, or attending for that purpose, any vessel; |
“underway”, in relation to a vessel, means that the vessel is not —| (a) | at anchor; | | (b) | moored or berthed alongside a wharf or jetty; | | (c) | made fast to the shore; or | | (d) | aground; |
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| “vehicle” means any vehicle whether mechanically propelled or otherwise. |
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| Power-driven vessel to be installed with transponder |
3A.—(1) The owner, agent, master or person-in-charge of a power-driven vessel not under tow must, at all times while the vessel is within the port, ensure that there is installed and maintained in operation on board the vessel a transponder of a type and specification —| (a) | that complies with the requirements of an automatic identification system (AIS) in Regulation 19(b)(iv)(5) of Chapter V of the Safety Convention Regulations, which sets out the requirements in Chapter V of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 as amended from time to time; or | | (b) | that is approved for use within the port by the Authority or the Port Master. [S 518/2017 wef 18/09/2017] |
(2) Without prejudice to the powers of the Port Master under any written law, if the Port Master is not satisfied that a transponder is installed and maintained in operation on board the power-driven vessel, or that the transponder on board the power-driven vessel complies with the requirements of paragraph (1), he may —| (a) | prohibit or delay the entry or departure of the vessel; | | (b) | restrict or prohibit the movement of the vessel within the port and the approaches to the port; | | (c) | board the vessel and inspect — | (i) | the transponder; or | | (ii) | the vessel or any part of the vessel for the purpose of locating the transponder; |
| | (d) | cause the vessel to be detained if, in his opinion, such detention is necessary; and | | (e) | by notice served on the owner, agent, master or person-in-charge of the vessel, direct that there be installed and maintained in operation on board the vessel a transponder within such time as the Port Master may determine. |
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(3) Any person who —| (a) | contravenes or fails to comply with paragraph (1); | | (b) | tampers or interferes with the normal operation of any transponder on any vessel; or | | (c) | contravenes or fails to comply with any direction issued by the Port Master under paragraph (2)(a), (b) or (e), |
| shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $2,000 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction. |
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