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The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 2019

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8.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any fitting, material, appliance or apparatus may be fitted in a ship as an alternative to one that complies with Annex I if it has been approved by the Secretary of State and—

(a)the owner or master of the ship has made an application to the Secretary of State for permission to fit the fitting, material, appliance or apparatus to the ship;

(b)a surveyor—

(i)is satisfied that the fitting, material, appliance or apparatus is at least as effective as that required by Annex I; and

(ii)has endorsed the application to the Secretary of State to that effect; and

(c)the fitting, material, appliance or apparatus is fitted to the ship in accordance with any conditions or limitations set out in the approval and is used and operated in accordance with any such conditions or limitations.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not permit the substitution of operational methods to control the discharge of oil as being equivalent to the design and construction features prescribed by Annex I.

(3) For the purposes of these Regulations a fitting, material, appliance or apparatus fitted to a ship as an alternative to any of the requirements in Annex I meets the requirements of Annex I providing it has been approved in accordance with the procedure specified in paragraph (1).

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