PART 4Placards, Garbage Management and Garbage Record-Keeping

Placards10.

(1)

A ship which—

(a)

has a length overall of 12 metres or more; or

(b)

is a fixed or floating platform,

must display placards which notify the crew and any passengers of the requirements for the discharge of garbage contained in regulations 3 to 6 of Annex V (provisions relating to discharge requirements) and section 5.2 (operational requirements) of chapter 5 of part II-A of the Polar Code (prevention of pollution by garbage from ships).

(2)

Placards must be written in accordance with regulation 10.1.2 of Annex V (placards).

(3)

In paragraph (1) “length overall” means the extreme length of the hull of the ship measured between the foremost part of the bow and the aftmost part of the stern.