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16(2)(f)(iii) of the 1973 Convention, that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 4 October 1992, unless prior to this date one third or more of the Parties, or the Parties the combined merchant fleets of which constitute fifty per cent or more of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant fleet, have communicated to the Organization their objections to the amendments;

 3.      INVITES the Parties to note that, in accordance with article 16(2)(g)(ii) of the 1973 Convention, the amendments shall enter into force on 4 April 1993 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;

 4.      REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with article 16(2)(e) of the 1973 Convention, to transmit to all Parties to MARPOL 73/78 certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the Annex;

 5.      FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit copies of the resolution and its Annex to the Members of the Organization which are not Parties to MARPOL 73/78.

ANNEX

AMENDMENTS TO ANNEX I OF MARPOL 73/78

1 The seventh sentence of regulation 15(3)(a) is replaced with the following two sentences:

  "A manually operated alternative method shall be provided and may be used in the event of such failure, but the defective unit shall

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  be made operable as soon as possible. The port State authority may allow the tanker with a defective unit to undertake one ballast voyage before proceeding to a repair port".

2 New paragraph (3) is added to regulation 17 as follows:

  "(3) Piping to and from sludge tanks shall have no direct connection overboard, other than the standard discharge connection referred to in regulation 19".

3 The following new chapter IV is added to the existing text:
"CHAPTER IV— PREVENTION OF POLLUTION ARISING FROM AN OIL POLLUTION INCIDENT

Regulation 26

Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan

  (1)    Every oil tanker of 150 tons gross tonnage and above and every ship other than an oil tanker of 400 tons gross tonnage and above shall carry on board a shipboard oil pollution emergency plan approved by the Administration. In the case of ships built before 4 April 1993 this requirement shall apply 24 months after that date.

  (2)    Such a plan shall be in accordance with Guidelines* developed by the Organization and written in the working language of the master and officers. The plan shall consist at least of:

     (a)    the procedure to be followed by the master or other persons having charge of the ship to report an oil pollution incident, as required in article 8 and Protocol I of the present Convention, based on the guidelines developed by the Organization**;

     (b)   the list of authorities or persons to be contacted