Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act |
Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations |
Rg 2 |
REVISED EDITION 2001 |
(25th March 1992) |
[1st February 1991] |
Citation |
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations. |
Definitions |
Application |
3.—(1) Except for regulation 7 of Annex II, Annex II shall, subject to these Regulations, have the force of law in Singapore.
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Unified Interpretation |
4. For the purposes of these Regulations, a regulation of Annex II, being a regulation referred to in the Unified Interpretation shall be read and applied in accordance with the Unified Interpretation. |
Director may exempt ship |
5. The Director may exempt any ship or class or description of ship from any of the requirements of these Regulations, subject to such conditions as he may specify, and may alter or cancel any exemption so granted. |
Administration |
6.—(1) For the purposes of regulations 2 (5), 2(7)(a), 2(7)(b), 5(2)(b), 5(3)(b), 5(5), 5(8)(a), 5(8)(c), 5(9)(b), 5(10), 5A(5), 5A(6)(a), 5A(6)(b)(i), 5A(7), 5A(7)(a), 5A(7)(d), 8(2)(b)(iii), 8(4)(a), 8(4)(b)(ii), 8(5)(a)(ii), 8(5)(b)(ii), 8(5)(b)(iii), 8(6)(a), 8(6)(b)(ii), 8(6)(c)(ii), 8(6)(c)(iii), 8(7)(a)(ii), 8(7)(b)(ii), 8(7)(c)(ii), 8(7)(c)(iii), 12(1), 12(2)and 14 (d) of Annex II, references to the Administration shall be read as references to the Director or an authorised organisation. [S 262/94 wef 01/07/1994]
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Specifications and interpretation |
7.—(1) For the purposes of regulations 5 (5), 5(10), 5A(5) and 5A(6) of Annex II, approved ventilation procedures, pumping conditions, pumping efficiency tests and prewash procedures are those specified in the Standards for Procedures and Arrangements for the Discharge of Noxious Liquid Substances adopted by the IMO by MEPC (Resolution 18 (22)) as reproduced in the Third Schedule.
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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 Certificate referred to in regulation 11 or 12A of Annex II or a valid SNLS 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 ship to which these Regulations apply 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 relevant certificate referred to in regulations 11 and 12A of Annex II as appropriate 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 or certificates are so produced. |
SNLS Certificate |
10. The Director or an authorised organisation shall, after a survey in accordance with the provisions of regulation 10 of Annex II which relates to any ship carrying noxious liquid substances in bulk which operates within Singapore waters and is not engaged in voyages to ports or offshore terminals under the jurisdiction of other Parties to the Convention, issue a Singapore Pollution Prevention Certificate for the Carriage of Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk 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 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 10(4) of the Act, the ships exempted from the operation of section 10(1) of the Act shall be such ships as are exempted from the prohibition of the discharge into the sea of a noxious liquid substance or of a mixture containing a noxious liquid substance in accordance with the provision of Annex II. |
Notification of proposal to carry substances |
13. For the purposes of section 9 of the Act, where a person proposes to export or import any noxious liquid substance referred to in regulation 3(4) of Annex II by having that liquid substance carried in bulk in a ship, that person or the master of the ship shall notify the Port Master or an officer designated by the Port Master of the proposal in the form set out in the Fourth Schedule at least 24 hours before the estimated time of departure or arrival of the ship and by such means as the Port Master may from time to time determine. |
Fees |
14. The fees set out in the Fifth Schedule shall be payable to the Director in respect of the services provided by the Director set out in that Schedule. |
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