MERCHANT SHIPPING (TANKERS-OFFICES AND RATINGS) REGULATIONS

MERCHANT SHIPPING (TANKERS-OFFICES AND RATINGS) REGULATIONS

MERCHANT SHIPPING (TANKERS-OFFICERS AND
RATINGS) REGULATIONS

(Cap. 281, sections 5, 6A and 114)

[6 July 1984.1

1. These regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping
(Tankers-Officers and Ratings) Regulations.

2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

-Certification Regulations- means the Merchant Shipping (Certification
of Officers) Regulations;

'Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying
Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk- means the 1980 edition of a
publication by that name of the International Maritime Or- together
with any Supplement thereto and any amendment specified by the
Director of Marine by notice in the Gazette;

-discharge book- includes a Service Record Book,

11 employer- means the person for the time being employing a master;

'liquefied gas- means any liquefied gas listed in Chapter XIX of the
Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying
Liquefied Gas in Bulk published by the International Maritime
Organization in 1976. together with any Supplement thereto
published by that Organization. and any amendment specified by
the Director of Marine by notice in the Gazette.

'liquid chemical' means any liquid chemical listed in Chapter VI of the
Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying
Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk published by the International
Maritime Organization in 1980, together with any Supplement
thereto published by that Organization and any amendment
specified by the Director of Marine by notice in the Gazette;

---petroleum-means crude liquid petroleum and the following
substances produced directly or indirectly from crude. that is to
say. fuels, lubricants. bitumen, wax. industrial spirits and any
substance whose final boiling point at normal atmospheric
pressure is more than 50C higher than its initial boiling point. but
excluding any product included in the definition of 'liquefied
gas';

qualified--- means qualified in accordance with regulation 5,

-sea-going tanker--- means a tanker other than one which navigates
exclusively in inland waters or in areas where port regulations
apply;





'Service Record Book means a service record book issued under the
Merchant Shipping (Recruiting of Seamen) (Service Record Books)
Regulations,

'supervised shipboard service' means the performance of duties
connected with cargo or cargo equipment on a tanker (whether or
not a tanker to which these regulations apply) under the
supervision of a qualified officer or rating in order to acquire an
adequate knowledge of sale operational practices on a tanker;

'tanker' means a ship which is constructed or adapted and used for the
carriage of bulk cargoes consisting in whole or in part of petroleum,
liquid chemicals or liquefied gases and any reference to a type of
tanker shall be a reference to the type of cargo which the tanker
carries.

3. (1) These regulations apply to all sea-going tankers registered in
Hong Kong.

(2) The Director of Marine may exempt from all or any provisions
of these regulations any tanker or class of tankers.

4. (1) It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure that any
tanker for which he employs the master and to which these regulations
apply carries sufficient qualified officers and ratings to perform all
duties which may arise in respect of the cargo and cargo equipment.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the master of any tanker to which
these regulations apply shall not permit an officer or rating to have
specific duties or responsibilities in connexion with the cargo or cargo
equipment on the tanker unless that officer or rating

(a) is qualified in accordance with regulation 5; or

(b)is an officer whose certificate of competency or service is
endorsed with a dangerous cargo endorsement for the same
type of tanker in accordance with either rule 3(1) of the
Merchant Shipping (Certificates of Competency for Deck
Officers) Rules 1982 or rule 3(1) of the Merchant Shipping
(Certificates of Competency for Marine Engineer Officers)
Rules 1982, made under regulations 8 and 15 of the
Certification Regulations.

(3) Paragraph (2) shall not prohibit the participation of an additional
officer or rating in duties connected with cargo or cargo equipment in
the course of supervised shipboard service.

5. (1) In order to be qualified for the duties described in
regulation 4 on a tanker of any type an officer or rating shall





(a)have completed periods of shipboard service totalling at least
1 year during the previous 5 years in the same type of tanker in
the deck or engine department as appropriate as part of the
regular crew complement and in a capacity related to the
loading, discharging or handling of the cargo; or

(b)have satisfactorily completed a fire-fighting course approved
by the Director and

(i) a period of 2 months' supervised shipboard service in
the same type of tanker, or

(ii) a tanker familiarization course approved by the Director
relating to the same type of tanker, together with 14 days'
supervised shipboard service in a tanker of that type; or

(iii) periods of familiarization and instruction consisting of
not less than 4 loading or discharging operations on board
tankers, (including at least one loading and one discharging
operation on board a tanker of the same type.) together with
14 days' supervised shipboard service in a tanker of that type:

Provided that

(a)the shipboard service described in sub-paragraph (a) shall
only qualify an officer or rating if performed within 2 years of
the commencement of these regulations..

(b)the period of supervised shipboard service required under sub-
paragraph (b)(i) shall be reduced to 1 month in respect of any
officer or rating who has completed the shipboard service
described in sub-paragraph (a) in a tanker of another type;

(c)during any period of supervised shipboard service required
under sub-paragraph (b)(i), (ii) or (iii) there shall not be more
than one deck officer and one engineer officer engaged in
such service as part of the regular crew complement on that
tanker.

(2) An officer or rating who satisfactorily completes the service
requirements described in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) in respect of any type
of tanker, shall be given a written statement to that effect signed by the
master of the tanker or the employer. The Director may cause an
appropriate entry to be made in the discharge book of any officer or
rating who obtains such a statement.

(3) The Director, if satisfied upon evidence which appears to him to
be sufficient that an officer or rating has successfully completed a
course described in paragraph (1)(b) or a period of familiarization and
instruction described in paragraph (1)(b)(iii) may cause an appropriate
entry to be made in the discharge book of the officer or rating.





6. (1) An employer who contravenes regulation 4(1) cornmits an
offence and is liable to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) A master who contravenes regulation 4(2) commits an offence
and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
L.N. 185/84. Citation. Interpretation. (Cap. 281, sub. leg.) (Cap. 135, sub. leg.) Application Obligation on employer and master. Qualifications. Offences.

L.N. 185/84. Citation. Interpretation. (Cap. 281, sub. leg.) (Cap. 135, sub. leg.) Application Obligation on employer and master. Qualifications. Offences.

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