The Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods and Marine Pollutants) Regulations 1997

PART IV

Spaces for carriage of packaged goods and dangerous goods in solid form in bulk

22.—(1) (a) This regulation applies to—

(i) passenger ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984;

(ii) cargo ships of 500 tons or over, constructed on or after 1st September 1984; and

(iii) cargo ships of less than 500 tons constructed on or after 1st February 1992.

(b) In this paragraph—

(i) “cargo ship” means a ship other than—

(aa) a passenger ship;

(bb) a pleasure vessel within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) Regulations 1993(1); or

(cc) a fishing vessel;

(ii) “passenger ship” means a ship carrying more than 12 passengers;

(iii) the date on which a ship was constructed is the date on which the keel was laid, or on which it was at a similar state of construction; and “similar stage of construction” means a stage at which:

(aa) construction identifiable with a specific craft begins; and

(bb) assembly of that craft has commenced comprising at least 50 tonnes or 1% of the estimated mass of all structural material, whichever is the less.

(2) No packaged goods or solid dangerous goods in bulk shall be taken on board or accepted for carriage or carried on any ship unless the spaces in which they are to be carried or are carried, as the case may be, comply with the provisions of Regulation 54 in Chapter II-2 of SOLAS (whether or not the ship is engaged on international voyages).

(3) In the case of ships engaged on international voyages no packaged goods or solid dangerous goods in bulk shall be taken on board, or carried, unless the ship has on board a Document of Compliance issued by or on behalf of the Secretary of State or the competent authority of the State in which it is registered.

(4) Any operator or master who accepts for carriage, or carries, packaged goods or dangerous goods in solid form in bulk:

(a) on a ship in which the spaces in which they are to be or are carried in do not comply as required by paragraph (2); or

(b) in the case of a ship engaged on international voyages, on a ship which does not have on board a Document of Compliance as required by paragraph (3),

shall be guilty of an offence.

(1)

S.I. 1993/1072.