### Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 《商船(防止油類污染)規例》

6. Intermediate survey
(1) The owner of every Hong Kong ship in respect of which an IOPP Certificate has been issued shall so long as the Certificate remains in force cause the ship to be subject to an intermediate survey during the period of validity of the Certificate. This survey must be carried out— (L.N. 47 of 2016)
(a) within the period commencing 3 months before and ending 3 months after the second anniversary date of the Certificate issued in respect of the ship; or
(b) within the period commencing 3 months before and ending 3 months after the third anniversary date of the Certificate issued in respect of the ship.
(2) The Director shall upon receipt of an application for a survey and any prescribed fee payable on such application cause the ship to be surveyed by a Government surveyor.
(3) The Government surveyor must survey the ship to ensure that the requirements in Regulation 6 of Annex I concerning an intermediate survey are complied with. (L.N. 47 of 2016)
(4) On completion of the survey in accordance with the requirements of the preceding paragraph, the Government surveyor, where he is so satisfied, shall endorse the IOPP Certificate to that effect.
(5) The owner of a ship referred to in paragraph (1) is regarded as having complied with that paragraph if the owner causes the ship to be subject to an intermediate survey by a recognized organization—
(a) within the period commencing 3 months before and ending 3 months after the second anniversary date of the International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate issued in respect of the ship; or
(b) within the period commencing 3 months before and ending 3 months after the third anniversary date of the International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate issued in respect of the ship. (L.N. 47 of 2016)
(L.N. 47 of 2016)

### Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 《商船(防止油類污染)規例》

6A. Additional survey
(1) The Director may, by written notice to the owner and the master of a ship, require an additional survey of the ship to be carried out by a Government surveyor within a reasonable period specified by the Director.
(2) The Director may exercise the power under paragraph (1) only if—
(a) the Director determines on the basis of an investigation under regulation 8(3) that the survey is necessary;
(b) the Director has reasonable grounds to believe that important repairs or renewals have been made to the ship after an IOPP Certificate or a HKOPP Certificate has been issued in respect of the ship;
(c) the Director has reasonable grounds to believe that regulation 8(1) is not complied with in respect of the ship; or
(d) after an IOPP Certificate or a HKOPP Certificate has been issued in respect of the ship, alterations have been made to the structure, equipment, systems, fittings, arrangements or material covered by the survey leading to the issue of the Certificate.
(3) On receiving a notice under paragraph (1), the owner and the master of the ship must cause an additional survey to be carried out.
(4) The additional survey may be general or partial as the Director thinks fit.
(5) If, after having carried out an additional survey of the ship, the surveyor is satisfied that—
(a) the structure, equipment, systems, fittings, arrangements and material of the ship which are covered by the survey comply with the applicable requirements; and
(b) where repairs or renewals have been made to the ship—
(i) such repairs or renewals have been effectively made; and
(ii) the materials used in, and the workmanship of, such repairs or renewals are in all respects satisfactory,
the surveyor must make a declaration of survey to that effect and forward the declaration to the Director.
(6) In this regulation—

applicable requirements (適用規定) means—
(a) for a ship in respect of which an IOPP Certificate is in force, the requirements under Chapter 2 of Annex I; and
(b) for a ship in respect of which a HKOPP Certificate is in force, the requirements under this Part.

(L.N. 47 of 2016)

### Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 《商船(防止油類污染)規例》

7. Issue and duration of IOPP and HKOPP Certificate
(1) The Director must, on receipt of a declaration of survey under regulation 4(5) which relates to a Hong Kong ship, issue to the ship—
(a) in the case of an oil tanker of 150 GT and above and any other ship of 400 GT and above which is engaged in voyages to ports or offshore terminals under the jurisdiction of other Parties to the Convention—an IOPP Certificate. (L.N. 127 of 2019; L.N. 72 of 2020)
(b) (Repealed L.N. 72 of 2020)(1A) The Director must, on receipt of a declaration of survey for a survey referred to in regulation 4 which relates to a Hong Kong ship that—
(a) is an oil tanker of 150 GT and above or any other ship of 400 GT and above; and
(b) is not engaged in voyages referred to in paragraph (1)(a),
issue to the ship a HKOPP Certificate. (L.N. 72 of 2020)
(2)-(4) (Repealed L.N. 47 of 2016)(5) An IOPP Certificate or HKOPP Certificate is valid for a period not exceeding 5 years from the date of issue stated in the Certificate. (L.N. 47 of 2016)
(6) (Repealed L.N. 47 of 2016)(7) Subject to regulation 10A, an IOPP Certificate or HKOPP Certificate issued in respect of a Hong Kong ship which is either an oil tanker of 150 GT and above or a ship of 400 GT and above, other than an oil tanker, must be— (L.N. 154 of 2022)
(a) kept on board the ship; and
(b) made available for inspection at all reasonable times. (L.N. 47 of 2016)

7A. Duration of specified Certificate issued after renewal survey
Despite regulation 7(5), a new specified Certificate issued in respect of a ship as a result of a renewal survey under regulation 4 is valid for such period as may be specified in the Certificate in accordance with Regulation 10 of Annex I.
(L.N. 47 of 2016)