Cap 413D reg 3 Compliance with Code (MERCHANT SHIPPING (BCH CODE) REGULATIONS; MERCHANT SHIPPING (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	413D	Title:	MERCHANT SHIPPING (BCH CODE) REGULATIONS	Gazette Number:
Regulation:	3	Heading:	Compliance with Code	Version Date:	30/06/1997

Chemical tankers to which these regulations apply shall comply with the requirements of the BCH Code as follows-

(1) (a) every internationally-trading chemical tanker for which the building contract was placed on or after 2 November 1973; and

(b) every Hong Kong-trading chemical tanker which was constructed on or after 1 July 1983,

shall be constructed, fitted, equipped, arranged and operated in accordance with the requirements relevant to it of Chapters II-VI inclusive and VIII of the BCH Code; (L.N. 184 of 1995)

(2) (a) every internationally-trading chemical tanker for which the building contract was placed before 2 November 1973; and

(b) every Hong Kong-trading chemical tanker of 1600 tons gross tonnage or over which was constructed before 1 July 1983,

shall be constructed, equipped and operated in accordance with the requirements relevant to it of the BCH Code except to the extent provided in sub-paragraphs 1.7.3(a)-(f) thereof.
(3) Every Hong Kong-trading chemical tanker of less than 1600 tons gross tonnage which was constructed before 1 July 1983 shall be operated in accordance with the requirements of Chapters V and VA of the BCH Code.

(Enacted 1987)