Chapter:	413H	Title:	MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) (DANGEROUS GOODS AND MARINE POLLUTANTS) REGULATION	Gazette Number:
Section:	16	Heading:	Document of compliance to carry packaged dangerous goods	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) No packaged dangerous goods shall be taken on board any ship the keel of which was laid or which was at a similar stage of construction on or after 1 September 1984 unless it has on board a document of compliance, issued by or on behalf of the Director or the competent authority of the country in which it is registered, that the spaces in which the packaged dangerous goods are to be carried comply with the provisions of regulation 143 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Fire Protection) (Ships Built On or After 1 September 1984) Regulations (Cap 369 sub. leg. Y) appropriate to the classification of those goods intended for stowage in or on that space.
(2) A shipowner or master who fails to comply with this section commits an offence.