| (Cap 413, Section 3)* [6 May 1987] (L.N. 118 of 1987) _________________________________________________________________________________ Note: * These regulations were made under Article 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/470 U.K.) as modified and extended to Hong Kong by the Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) (Hong Kong) Order 1987, (S.I. 1987/664 U.K.). See Sections 3 and 12(1)(b) of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Ordinance, enacted in 1990 (Cap 413). Cap 413B reg 1 Citation and interpretation PART I GENERAL (1) These regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations. (2) In these regulations, except where the context otherwise requires- "BCH Code" (散化规则) means the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (1993 Edition) published by IMO, as amended from time to time; (L.N. 186 of 1995) "BCH Code Certificate" (散化规则证书) means a certificate of compliance with the BCH Code issued in accordance with the BCH Code Regulations; "BCH Code Regulations" (散化规则规例) means the Merchant Shipping (BCH Code) Regulations (Cap 413 sub. leg.); "Cargo Record Book" (货物纪录簿) means a Cargo Record Book described in regulation 20; "Category A substance" (A类物质), "Category B substance" (B类物质), "Category C substance" (C类物质) and "Category D substance" (D类物质) mean respectively any substance listed in column (a) of the table in Chapter 17 of the IBC Code and identified as falling into Category A, B, C or D as the case may be by an entry of "A", "B", "C" or "D" as the case may be in column (c) of that table; and any substance which is provisionally listed or class-approved as a Category A, B, C or D substance as the case may be; and a reference to any such substance shall include a reference to any mixture containing such substance, other than a residual mixture or a mixture which is itself a substance of another Category; (L.N. 186 of 1995) "chemical tanker" (化学品液货船) means a ship constructed or adapted primarily to carry a cargo of noxious liquid substances in bulk and an oil tanker when carrying a cargo or part cargo of noxious liquid substances in bulk; "class-approved" (定类) means, in relation to a substance of a particular category or a non-polluting substance- (a) having been assessed as a substance falling into one of the classes of not otherwise specified substances listed in the Fourth Schedule and therein identified as a class of substances falling into that category or as a class of non-polluting substances as the case may be; and (b) having had the assessment referred to in paragraph (a) approved by or on behalf of the Director or by or on behalf of the government of a state party to MARPOL 1973/78;"clean ballast" (清洁压载) means ballast carried in a tank which, since it was last used to carry a noxious liquid substance in bulk, has been thoroughly cleaned and the residues resulting therefrom have been discharged and the tank emptied in accordance with the appropriate requirements of these regulations; "constructed" (建造) means, in relation to a ship, having its keel laid or being at a similar stage of construction; and "similar stage of construction" (相若建造阶段) means the stage at which- (a) construction identifiable with a specific ship begins; and (b) assembly of that ship is commenced comprising at least 50 tonnes or 1 per cent of the estimated mass of all structural material, whichever is the less:Provided that a ship which has been converted into a chemical tanker shall, irrespective of its date of construction, be treated as a chemical tanker constructed on the date on which such conversion commenced;"Director" (处长) means the Director of Marine; "high residue substance" (高残余量物质) means, in relation to a Category B or Category C substance, a substance identified in the ship's Procedures and Arrangements Manual as likely, due to its viscosity or melting point at its unloading temperature, to result in a residue quantity from any tank which exceeds, in the case of Category B substance 1 cubic metre or 1/3000 of the capacity of that tank or, in the case of a Category C substance 3 cubic metres or 1/1000 of the capacity of that tank, whichever is the greater; "HKNLS Certificate" (香港有毒液体物质证书) means a Hong Kong Pollution Prevention Certificate for the Carriage of Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk issued under regulation 24 to a Hong Kong-trading ship; "HKOPP Certificate" (香港防油污证书) means a Hong Kong Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate issued pursuant to the Prevention of Oil Pollution Regulations; "Hong Kong-trading" (在香港营运的) means operating within the waters of Hong Kong; "IBC Code" (国际散化规则) means the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (1994 Edition) published by IMO, as amended from time to time; (L.N. 186 of 1995) |
