European Communities (Entry Requirements For Tankers) Regulations, 1981.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

num: 1
paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Entry Requirements for Tankers) Regulations, 1981.
num: 2
paragraphs: These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of December, 1981.
num: 3
paragraphs: In these Regulations—
“chemicals” means any substance listed in Chapter VI of the IMCO Code for ships carrying Dangerous Chemicals;
“gas” means any substance to which the IMCO Code for existing ships carrying Liquefied Gases and the IMCO Code for ships carrying Liquefied Gases apply;
“harbour” includes harbours so called (whether natural or artificial), estuaries, navigable rivers, piers, jetties and other works in or at which ships can obtain shelter or ship and unship goods or passengers;
“harbour authority” includes all persons being proprietors of, or entrusted with the duty, or invested with the powers of constructing, improving, managing, regulating, maintaining or lighting a harbour;
“master” means any person (other than a pilot) having command or charge of a tanker:
“oil” means petroleum in any form, including crude oil, fuel oil and refined products (other than a substance listed in Chapter VI of the said Code for ships carrying Dangerous Chemicals);
“tanker” means a ship in which the greater part of the cargo space is constructed or adapted for the carriage of chemicals, gas or oil in bulk;
“IMCO” means the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation;
“the IMCO Code for ships carrying Dangerous Chemicals” means the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk published by IMCO in London in 1977 (as amended by the 1st to 9th Amendments thereto);
“the IMCO Code for existing ships carrying Liquefied Gases” means the Code for Existing Ships carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk published by IMCO in London in 1976 (as amended by the 1st to 3rd Amendments thereto);
“the IMCO Code for ships carrying Liquefied Gases” means the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk published by IMCO in London in 1976 (as amended by the 1st to 3rd Amendments thereto).
num: 4
paragraphs: These Regulations apply to all tankers which have a gross registered tonnage of not less than 1,600 tons and which:
(a) are carrying a cargo of chemicals, gas or oil in bulk; or
(b) having previously carried such a cargo, have discharged that cargo but whose tanks are not free of vapours given off by residues of such cargo and have an atmosphere which has not been rendered non-flammable.
num: 5
paragraphs: The master of a tanker to which these Regulations apply shall, before the tanker enters any harbour in the State, transmit to the harbour authority concerned the following information:—
(a) the name and call sign of the tanker;
(b) the country in which the tanker is registered;
(c) the overall length, draught and beam of the tanker;
(d) the estimated time of arrival of the tanker at the harbour;
(e) the nature and quantity of the cargo carried in the tanker;
(f) whether the tanker is fitted with an inert gas system;
(g) whether the inert gas system, if fitted, is fully operational;
(h) whether the cargo tanks have an atmosphere which has been rendered non-flammable;
(i) whether or not a certificate has been issued in respect of the tanker:
(i) if its cargo includes chemicals, that it complies with the IMCO Code for ships carrying Dangerous Chemicals; and
(ii) if its cargo includes gas, that it complies with the IMCO Code for existing ships carrying Liquefied Gases or with the IMCO Code for ships carrying Liquefied Gases.
num: 6
paragraphs: The master of a tanker to which these Regulations apply shall, before the tanker enters any harbour in the State, accurately complete the tanker check list specified in the Schedule to these Regulations and shall give, or cause to be given, the completed check list to the pilot, if taken on board, and to the harbour authority of that harbour.
num: 7
paragraphs: The master of a tanker to which these Regulations apply, whilst in the territorial waters adjacent to the port of entry or departure, shall inform the harbour authority of any defect in the hull, machinery or equipment of the tanker which may:—
(i) decrease the safe manoeuvrability of the vessel; or
(ii) affect the safety or easy flow of traffic in or in the vicinity of or in the approaches to the harbour; or
(iii) constitute a hazard to the marine environment; or
(iv) constitute a hazard to persons or property on land or in the vicinity of the harbour.
num: 8
paragraphs: Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500.