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2            Subject to the provisions of the present Convention, appropriate measures based on the physical, chemical and biological properties of harmful substances shall be taken to regulate the washing of leakages overboard provided that compliance with such measures would not impair the safety of the ship and persons on board.

SCHEDULE 3—continued

Appendix

GUIDELINES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN PACKAGED FORM

For the purposes of this Annex, substances identified by any one of the following criteria are harmful substances

  -      bioaccumulated to a significant extent and known to produce a hazard to aquatic life or to human health (Hazard Rating " + " in column A*); or

  -      bioaccumulated with attendant risk to aquatic organisms or to human health with a short retention of the order of one week or less (Hazard Rating "Z" in column A*); or

  -      liable to produce tainting of seafood (Hazard Rating "T" in column A*); or

  -      highly toxic to aquatic life, defined by an LC50/96** hour less than 1 ppm (Hazard rating "4" in column B*).

Annex III—MARPOL 73/78
 GESAMP Hazard Profiles
 A                        B   C   D   E
 +
 Z
 T
                          4

* Reference is made to the Composite List of Hazard Profiles, prepared by the IMO/FAO/ UNESCO/WMO/WHO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution (GESAMP) which is circulated annually by the Organization by means of BCH circulars to all IMO Member States.

** The concentration of a substance which will, within the specified time (generally 96 hours) kill 50% of the exposed group of test organisms. LC50 is often specified in mg/l (parts per million (ppm)).

                  SCHEDULE 4 Subsection 44(2)

SCHEDULE TO BE ADDED AT THE END OF THE PROTECTION OF THE SEA (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS) ACT 1983

                  SCHEDULE 9 Section 3

RESOLUTION MEPC.42(30)

adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee on 16 November 1990

ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE ANNEX OF THE PROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 1973

(Designation of Antarctic area as a special area under Annexes I and V of MARPOL 73/78)

THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE,

RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,

NOTING article 16 of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the "1973 Convention") and article VI of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the "1978 Protocol") which confer upon the appropriate body of the Organization the function of considering and adopting amendments to the 1973 Convention, as modified by the 1978 Protocol (MARPOL 73/78),