### Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 《商船(控制散裝有毒液體物質污染)規例》

24E. Specified Certificates cease to be valid
(1) A specified Certificate issued in respect of a Hong Kong ship ceases to be valid if—
(a) after a survey, without the sanction of the Director, a material change has been made to the structure, equipment, systems, fittings, arrangements or materials covered by the survey, other than the direct replacement of them;
(b) a survey referred to in regulation 23(1)(b), (c) or (d) is not carried out within the period specified for the survey in that regulation;
(c) an additional survey referred to in regulation 23(1)(e) is not carried out within such reasonable time as the Government surveyor or recognized organization may specify;
(d) the Certificate is not endorsed under regulation 23(1)(c) or under Regulation 9 of Annex II, after an intermediate survey of the ship is carried out;
(e) the Certificate is not endorsed under regulation 23(1)(d) or under Regulation 9 of Annex II, after an annual survey of the ship is carried out; or
(f) the ship is transferred to the registry of a place outside Hong Kong.
(2) In any of the cases specified in paragraph (1)(b), (c), (d) or (e), the owner of the ship must deliver the Certificate to the Director on demand.
(L.N. 92 of 2018)

24F. Certificates issued under this Part regarded as International Pollution Prevention Certificate for the Carriage of Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk in Annex II
For the purposes of regulations 24B, 24C and 24D, an INLS Certificate or HKNLS Certificate issued under this Part is to be regarded as an International Pollution Prevention Certificate for the Carriage of Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk referred to in Regulation 9 of Annex II.
(L.N. 92 of 2018)

### Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 《商船(控制散裝有毒液體物質污染)規例》

24G. Withdrawal of specified Certificates
(1) A Government surveyor may, by written notice, require the owner or master of a Hong Kong ship in respect of which a specified Certificate has been issued to take such corrective action which the surveyor considers necessary if on a survey (other than an initial survey) of the ship referred to in regulation 23, the surveyor determines that the condition of the ship or its equipment does not correspond substantially with the particulars in the Certificate.
(2) The surveyor must, on giving notice under paragraph (1), inform the Director.
(3) If the corrective action is not taken within the period specified by the surveyor, the surveyor must inform the Director and the Director may, by written notice to the owner and master of the ship, withdraw the Certificate.
(4) On receiving a notice under paragraph (3), the owner and master of the ship must deliver the Certificate to the Director immediately.
(5) The owner or master of the ship may, after the corrective action in respect of the ship has been taken, apply to the Director for the return of the Certificate.
(6) On receiving an application under paragraph (5), if the Director is satisfied that the corrective action in respect of the ship has been taken, the Director must, by written notice to the owner or master of the ship, return the Certificate to the owner or master.
(L.N. 92 of 2018)

24H. Cancellation of specified Certificates
(1) The Director may, by written notice to the owner and master of a Hong Kong ship, cancel a specified Certificate issued in respect of the ship in the circumstances set out in paragraph (2).
(2) The circumstances are that the Director has reasonable grounds to believe that the Certificate was issued, or any endorsement on it was made, on the basis of false or erroneous information.
(3) The Director must give reasons for cancelling the Certificate in the notice under paragraph (1).
(4) On receiving a notice under paragraph (1), the owner and master of the ship must deliver the Certificate to the Director immediately.
(L.N. 92 of 2018)

24I. Form of specified Certificates
The Director may specify the form of a specified Certificate.
(L.N. 92 of 2018)

24J. Alteration of INLS or HKNLS Certificate
(1) The owner of a ship in respect of which an INLS Certificate or HKNLS Certificate has been issued may request the Director to alter any of the particulars contained in the Certificate.
(2) The Director may refuse to make the alteration if the Director considers it to be a material alteration.
(3) If the Director agrees to make the alteration, the Director must, on payment of the prescribed fee, alter the Certificate.
(L.N. 92 of 2018)

### Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 《商船(控制散裝有毒液體物質污染)規例》

24K. Certified true copies of INLS or HKNLS Certificate
(1) The owner of a ship in respect of which an INLS Certificate or HKNLS Certificate has been issued may apply to the Director for the issue of a certified true copy of the Certificate.
(2) The application must be accompanied by the prescribed fee for the certified true copy.
(L.N. 92 of 2018)

25. Maintenance of condition after survey
(1) The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained so as to conform to the provisions of Annex II.
(2) After any survey referred to in regulation 23 has been completed in respect of a Hong Kong ship, no change shall be made in the structure, equipment, systems, fittings, arrangements and materials covered by the survey, without the sanction of the Director, except by direct replacement.
(3) Whenever an accident occurs to a ship or a defect is discovered, either of which substantially affects the integrity of the ship or the efficiency or completeness of its equipment covered by Annex II, the master or owner of the ship shall report at the earliest opportunity to the Director, who shall, in the case of a Hong Kong ship, cause investigations to be initiated to determine whether an additional survey is necessary. If the ship is in a port other than a port in Hong Kong the master or owner shall also report immediately to the appropriate authority of the government of the state in which the port is situated.
(L.N. 92 of 2018)

26. Equivalents
Where these regulations require that a particular fitting, material, appliance or apparatus should be fitted in a ship, the Director may allow any other fitting, material, appliance or apparatus to be fitted if he is satisfied that such fitting, material, appliance or apparatus is at least as effective as that required by these regulations.

27. Exemptions
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.