Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act |
Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Oil) Regulations |
Rg 1 |
REVISED EDITION 1991 |
(25th March 1992) |
[1st February 1991] |
Citation |
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Oil) Regulations. |
Definitions |
2. For the purposes of these Regulations —
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Application |
Unified Interpretation |
4. For the purposes of these Regulations, a regulation of Annex I, being a regulation referred to in the Unified Interpretation shall be read and applied in accordance with the Unified Interpretation. |
Exemptions |
5. The Director may grant exemptions from all or any of these Regulations including Annex I (as may be specified in the exemption) for classes of cases or individual cases on such terms (if any) as he may so specify and may, subject to giving reasonable notice, alter or cancel any such exemption. |
Administration |
6.—(1) For the purposes of regulations 2(4)(a), 2(4)(b), 3(1), 3(2), 4(1)(b), 4(2), 4(3)(a), 4(3)(b), 4(3)(c), 4(3)(d), 4(3)(e), 4(4)(b), 4(4)(c), 6(1), 8(1), 8(2), 8(3), 11 (c), 15(3)(a), 15(3)(b), 15(6), 16(5), 16(6), 16(7) and 25(1)(c) of Annex I, references to the Administration and to officer of the Administration shall be read as references to the Director and the surveyor of ships respectively and references to the nominated surveyor or recognised organisation shall be read as references to an authorised organisation respectively.
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Specifications and interpretation |
7.—(1) For the purposes of regulations 13A (2) and 13B(2) of Annex I, the established requirements are those specified in the Resolutions A.495(XII) and A.446(XI) as amended by Resolution A.497(XII) of the IMO as appropriate and as may be revised or amended by any further IMO resolution which is accepted by the Government.
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Powers to inspect |
8.—(1) A ship to which these Regulations apply shall be subject, in Singapore waters, to inspection by a surveyor of ships. Any such inspection shall be limited to verifying that there is on board in relation to that ship a valid IOPP Certificate in the form prescribed by the Convention or a valid SOPP Certificate unless there are clear grounds for believing that the condition of the ship or its equipment does not correspond substantially with the particulars of that Certificate. In that case, or if the ship does not carry a valid Certificate, the surveyor of ships shall take such steps as he may consider necessary to ensure that the ship shall not sail until it can proceed to sea without presenting an unreasonable threat of harm to the marine environment. The Director may in such a case permit the ship to proceed to the nearest appropriate repair yard.
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Prohibition on proceeding to sea without Certificate |
9. The master of every oil tanker of 150 tons gross tonnage and above and any other ship of 400 tons gross tonnage and above shall produce to the Port Master, at the time a clearance for the ship is demanded for a voyage from Singapore to a port or place outside Singapore waters, the IOPP Certificate to be in force when the ship proceeds to sea; and a clearance shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained, until the Certificate is so produced. |
SOPP Certificate |
10. The Director or an authorised organisation shall, after a survey in accordance with the provisions of regulation 4 of Annex I which relates to an oil tanker of 150 tons gross tonnage and above and any other ship of 400 tons gross tonnage and above which operate within Singapore waters and are not engaged in voyages to ports or offshore terminals under the jurisdiction of other Parties to the Convention, issue in relation to that ship a Singapore Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate in such form as the Director may determine. |
Penalties |
11. If any ship fails to comply with any requirement of these Regulations, the owner and the master of the ship shall each be guilty of an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. |
Exemption in certain circumstances |
12. For the purposes of section 7(4) of the Act, the ships exempted from the operation of section 7 (1) shall be such ships as are exempted from the prohibition of the discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixtures in accordance with the provisions of Annex I. |
Fees |
13. The fees set out in the Third Schedule shall be payable to the Director in respect of the services provided by the Director set out in that Schedule. |