Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2010C00802:schedule:6:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2010C00802
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 6 (pt 6/29)
Character Range: 82982–85939

engaged in such restricted voyages.

(7) For a ship whose constructional and operational features are such that ballasting of cargo tanks is not required and cargo tank washing is only required for repair or dry‑docking, the Administration may allow exemption from the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4) of this Regulation, provided that all of the following conditions are complied with:

     (a) the design, construction and equipment of the ship are approved by the Administration, having regard to the service for which it is intended;

     (b) any effluent from tank washings which may be carried out before a repair or drydocking is discharged to a reception facility, the adequacy of which is ascertained by the Administration;

     (c) the Certificate required under this Annex indicates:
          (i) that each cargo tank is certified for the carriage of only one named substance; and
          (ii) the particulars of the exemption;

     (d) the ship carries a suitable operational manual approved by the Administration; and

     (e) in the case of ships engaged in voyages to ports or terminals under the jurisdiction of other States Parties to the present Convention, the Administration communicates to the Organization, for circulation to the Parties to the Convention, particulars of the exemption, for their information and appropriate action, if any."

Regulation 7

The existing title of this Regulation is replaced by "Reception Facilities and Cargo Unloading Terminal Arrangements"

The following new paragraph (3) is added to the existing text:

"(3) The Government of each Party to the Convention shall undertake to ensure that cargo unloading terminals shall provide arrangements to facilitate stripping of cargo tanks of ships unloading noxious liquid substances at these terminals. Cargo hoses and piping systems of the terminal, containing noxious liquid substances received from ships unloading these substances at the terminal, shall not be drained back to the ship."

The existing text of paragraph (3) is renumbered as (4) and replaced by the following:

"(4) Each Party shall notify the Organization, for transmission to the Parties concerned, of any case where facilities required under paragraph (1) or arrangements required under paragraph (3) of this Regulation are alleged to be inadequate."

The existing text of Regulation 8 is replaced by the following:

"Regulation 8

Measures of Control

      (1) (a) The Government of each party to the Convention shall appoint or authorize surveyors for the purpose of implementing this Regulation. The surveyors shall execute control in accordance with control procedures developed by the Organization.

       (b) The master of a ship carrying noxious liquid substances in bulk shall ensure that the provisions of Regulation 5 and this Regulation have been complied with and that the Cargo Record Book is completed in accordance with Regulation 9 of this Annex