Vessel Pollution and Dangerous Chemicals Regulations — 25
Certificates 25 (1) Every oil tanker of 150 gross tonnage or more, and every other vessel of 400 gross tonnage or more, that carries oil as cargo or as fuel must hold and keep on board (a) a Canadian Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate, if the vessel is a Canadian vessel or a Canadian pleasure craft and engages only on voyages in waters under Canadian jurisdiction; (b) an International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate that is in the form set out in appendix II to Annex I to MARPOL, if the vessel (i) is a Canadian vessel or a Canadian pleasure craft and does not engage only on voyages in waters under Canadian jurisdiction, or (ii) is entitled to fly the flag of a foreign state that is a party to MARPOL; or (c) a certificate of compliance certifying that the vessel meets the applicable requirements of Annex I to MARPOL, if the vessel is entitled to fly the flag of a state that is not a party to MARPOL. Certificates of type approval, etc. (2) Every oil tanker of 150 gross tonnage or more, and every other vessel of 400 gross tonnage or more that carries oil as cargo or as fuel, must keep on board (a) a copy of the certificate of type approval for any of the following equipment that is fitted on the vessel: (i) a 100 ppm oily-water separator and a process unit, (ii) oil filtering equipment, (iii) an oil content meter for the equipment referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii), (iv) an oil content meter for an oil discharge monitoring and control system, and (v) an oil-water interface detector; (b) in respect of the equipment referred to in subparagraphs (a)(iii) and (iv), a calibration certificate issued by or on behalf of its manufacturer; (c) in the case of an oil tanker, the information referred to in regulation 28.5 of Annex I to MARPOL relative to loading and distribution of cargo and the data referred to in that regulation on the ability of the tanker to comply with damage stability criteria; (d) in the case of an oil tanker fitted with an oil discharge monitoring and control system, an equipment operation manual that meets the requirements of regulation 31.4 of Annex I to MARPOL; (e) in the case of a crude oil tanker of 20 000 tonnes deadweight or more, (i) an Operations and Equipment Manual for the tanker’s crude oil washing system that meets the requirements of regulation 35.1 of Annex I to MARPOL and, if the tanker is a Canadian vessel, that is approved by the Minister as meeting those requirements, and (ii) instruction manuals for the tanker’s inert gas system that contain the information and operational instructions referred to in section 11 of Inert Gas Systems , 1990 edition, published by the IMO, and, if the tanker is a Canadian vessel, that are approved by the Minister as meeting the requirements of that section; and (f) in the case of a combination carrier in respect of which the Minister or, in the case of a combination carrier that is a foreign vessel, the government of the state whose flag the carrier is entitled to fly has allowed simple supplementary operational procedures for liquid transfer operations under regulation 27.2 of Annex I to MARPOL, procedures that meet the requirements of regulation 27.3 of that Annex. Subparagraph (2)(e)(ii) (3) Subparagraph (2)(e)(ii) applies (a) only in respect of an oil tanker delivered after 1 June 1982 as defined in regulation 1.28.4 of Annex I to MARPOL; and (b) in respect of Canadian vessels only in waters under Canadian jurisdiction.