European Communities (Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers) Regulations 2003
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (a) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers) Regulations 2003.
(b) These Regulations come into operation on 1 March 2004.
Interpretation
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations -
“authorised officer” means a person appointed under Regulation 16;
“BLU Code” means the Code of Practice for the Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers, as contained in the Annex to Assembly Resolution A. 862 (20) of the International Maritime Organisation of 27 November 1997, as it stood on 4 December 2001;
“bulk carrier” has the meaning given to it by Regulation 1.6 of Chapter IX of the 1974 SOLAS Convention and interpreted by Resolution 6 of the 1997 Conference of Contracting Governments to the SOLAS Convention of November 1997 being one of the following-
(a) a ship constructed with single deck, top-side tanks and hopper-side tanks in cargo spaces and intended primarily to carry dry cargo in bulk, or
(b) an ore carrier, meaning a sea-going single deck ship having two longitudinal bulkheads and a double bottom throughout the cargo region and intended for the carriage of ore cargoes in the centre holds only, or
(c) a combination carrier as defined in Regulation 3.27 of Chapter II-2 of the 1974 SOLAS Convention ;
“cargo declaration form” has the meaning given to it by Regulation 8(5);
“competent authority” is to be construed in accordance with Regulation 4;
“Directive” means Directive 2001/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2001 as amended by Directive 2002/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002;
“Directorate” means the Maritime Safety Directorate of the Department of Communications Marine and Natural Resources;
“dry cargo in bulk” has the same meaning as “solid bulk cargo”;
“information book” has the meaning given to it by Regulation 6(2);
“Marine Survey Office” means the Marine Survey Office of the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources;
“master” means the person who has command of a bulk carrier, or the ship's officer designated by the master to be responsible for loading or unloading the bulk carrier;
“Minister” means the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources;
“plan” has the meaning given to it by Regulation 10(1);
“quality management system” has the meaning given to it by Regulation 6(3);
“revised plan” has the meaning given to it by Regulation 10(4);
“SOLAS Convention” means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, (which was adopted on 1 November 1974 and entered into force on 25 May 1980, and was amended by Protocols adopted on 17 February 1978 (1978 SOLAS Protocol and 11 November 1988 (1988 SOLAS Protocol), and as amended by resolutions adopted by the IMO'S Maritime Safety Committee or by conferences of SOLAS Contracting Governments) in its up to date version;
“solid bulk cargo” means any material, other than liquid or gas, consisting of a combination of particles, granules or any larger pieces of material, generally uniform in composition which is loaded directly into the cargo spaces of a ship without any intermediate form of containment, but does not mean grain;
“terminal” means any fixed, floating or mobile facility equipped and used for the loading or unloading of dry cargo in bulk into or from bulk carriers;
“terminal operator” means the owner of a terminal, or any person to whom such an owner has transferred the responsibility for loading or unloading operations conducted at the terminal concerned for a particular bulk carrier;
“terminal representative” means a competent and experienced person appointed by a terminal operator, with overall responsibility for, and authority to control the preparation, conduct and completion of loading or unloading operations at the terminal concerned in relation to any bulk carrier.
(2) A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and is also used in the Directive has, unless the contrary intention appears, the same meaning in these Regulations as it has in the Directive.
(3) A reference in these Regulations to -