S.I. No. 206/1957 - Oil Pollution of the Sea (Records) Regulations, 1957.

S.I. No. 206 of 1957.

OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEA (RECORDS) REGULATIONS, 1957.

I, SEÁN F. LEMASS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (1) and subsection (3) of section 17 of the Oil Pollution of the Sea Act, 1956 (No. 25 of 1956), hereby make the following regulations:

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Oil Pollution of the Sea (Records) Regulations, 1957.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of November, 1957.

2. In these Regulations " the Act " means the Oil Pollution of the Sea Act, 1956 (No. 25 of 1956).

3.—(1) The records to be kept in pursuance of subsection (1) of section 17 of the act by the master of a ship registered in the State (not being a tanker) of eighty tons gross tonnage or over shall—

(i) as respects the matters specified in paragraph (a) and paragraph (b) of that subsection, be in the form set out in the First Schedule to these Regulations, and

(ii) as respects the matters specified in paragraph (c) of that subsection, be in the form set out in the Third Schedule to these Regulations.

(2) The records to be kept in pursuance of subsection (1) of section 17 of the act by the master of a ship registered in the State, being a tanker, shall—

(i) as respects the matters specified in paragraph (a) and paragraph (b) of that subsection, be in the form set out in the First Schedule to these Regulations, and

(ii) as respects the matters specified in paragraph (c) of that subsection be in the form set out in the Second Schedule to these Regulations.

4. The records prescribed by these Regulations shall be retained in the ship for the duration of the voyage and shall be surrendered to the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office with the ship's log.

FIRST SCHEDULE

ACCIDENTAL AND OTHER EXCEPTIONAL DISCHARGES OR ESCAPES OF OIL

1. Date and time of occurrence	............	.............	...........	...........	...........
2. Place or position of ship	...........	.............	...........	...........	...........
3. Approximate quantity and type of oil	...........	............	..........	...........	...........
4. Circumstances of discharge or escape and general remarks	...........	............	.............	.............	.............
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Signature of Officer or Officers in charge of the operations concerned	............	...........	...........	...........	...........
Date of entry	...........	.............	.............	.............	...........
Signature of Master	...........	.............	.............	.............	...........
Date	...........	.............	.............	.............	...........

SECOND SCHEDULE

Date of Entry
(a) Ballasting of and discharge of ballast from cargo tanks.
1. Identitynumber(s) of tank(s)	.........	...........	...........	...........	...........
2. Type of oil previously contained in tank(s)	.........	...........	...........	...........	...........
3. Date and place of ballasting	.........	...........	...........	...........	...........
4. Date and time of discharge of ballast water	.........	...........	...........	...........	...........
5. Place or position of ship	.........	...........	...........	...........	...........

Date of Entry
6. Approximate amount of oil-contaminated water transferred to slop tank(s)	.........	...........	...........	...........	...........
7. Identity number(s) of	.........	...........	...........	...........	...........
slop tank(s) (b) Cleaning of cargo tanks.
8. Identity number(s) of tank(s) cleaned	.........	...........	...........	...........	...........
9. Type of oil previously contained in tank(s)	.........	...........	...........	...........	...........
10. Identity number(s) of slop tank(s) to which washings transferred	.........	...........	...........	..........	...........
11. Dates and times of cleaning	.........	...........	...........	...........	...........
(c) Settling in slop tank(s) and discharge of water.
12. Identity number(s) of slop tank(s)	.........	...........	...........	...........	...........
13. Period of settling (in hours)	.........	...........	...........	...........	...........
14. Date and time of discharge of water	.........	...........	...........	...........	...........
15. Place or position of ship	.........	...........	...........	...........	...........
16. Approximate quantities of residue	.........	...........	...........	...........	...........
(d) Disposal from ship of oily residues from slop tank(s) and other sources.
17. Date and method of disposal	.........	...........	...........	...........	...........
18. Place or position of ship	.........	...........	...........	...........	...........
19. Sources and approximate quantities	.........	...........	...........	...........	...........

........................................Signature of Officer or Officers in charge of the operations concerned.

........................................Signature of Master.

THIRD SCHEDULE

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 14th day of October, 1957.

SEÁN F. LEMASS.

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

Explanatory Note.

These Regulations apply to certain classes of Irish registered ships and require records to be kept of the matters relating to oil specified in Section 17 (1) of the Oil Pollution of the Sea Act, 1956 .