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23 Shipboard marine pollution emergency plan
       For subsection 22A(3) of the Pollution Prevention Act, the prescribed form is the form set out as an example in Appendix II to Guidelines for the Development of Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plans for Oil and/or Noxious Liquid Substances, adopted by IMO Resolution MEPC.85(44), as in force from time to time.

24 Record books
       (1)For subsection 23(3) of the Pollution Prevention Act, the prescribed form for a cargo record book is the form set out in Appendix 2 to Annex II.
       (2)If a time is required to be specified in a cargo record book, it must, unless expressed in ship's time and the conversion to Coordinated Universal Time cannot be readily made, be expressed in Coordinated Universal Time.

25 Prescribed operations or occurrences
       For subsection 23(5) of the Pollution Prevention Act, each of the following is a prescribed operation or occurrence:
(a) a discharge mentioned in regulation 3 of Annex II;
(b) an operation mentioned in the list of items to be recorded in the form set out in Appendix II to Annex II.
Note   For the application of this section to foreign vessels — see subsection 5(2).

26 Tank cleaning
       For section 26 of the Pollution Prevention Act, a tank mentioned in paragraph 21(4)(a) or (5)(a) of that Act must be washed in accordance with Appendix VI of Annex II.
Division 7 Specifications and interpretations

27 Measures to minimise discharges
       For paragraph 2 of regulation 11 of Annex II, the following measures must be followed:
(a) for a vessel, other than an offshore support vessel:
 (i) the provisions of the IBC Code that apply to a vessel constructed after 30 June 1986;
 (ii) the provisions of the BCH Code that apply to a vessel that was constructed before 1 July 1986, to the extent that the provisions can practicably be applied to the vessel;
(b) for an offshore support vessel — the requirements of Guidelines for the Transport and Handling of Limited Amounts of Hazardous and Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk in Offshore Support Vessels, adopted by IMO Resolution A.673(16), as in force from time to time;
(c) for the carriage of vegetable oils in a general dry cargo vessel — the requirements of Revised Guidelines for the Transport of Vegetable Oils in Deep Tanks or in Independent Tanks Specially Designed for the Carriage of Such Vegetable Oils in General Dry Cargo Ships, adopted by IMO Resolution MEPC.148(54), as in force from time to time.

28 Exemption for prewash
       (1)An exemption mentioned in paragraph 4 of regulation 13 of Annex II may be given for a vessel only if the vessel is engaged on a voyage to a