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(a) Every
ship of 12 m or more in length overall shall display placards
which notify the crew and passengers of the disposal requirements
of regulations 3 and 5
of this Annex, as applicable. |
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(b) The
placards shall be written in the working language of the ship's
personnel and, for ships engaged in voyages to ports or offshore
terminals under the jurisdiction of other Parties to the Convention,
shall also be in English, French or Spanish. |
(2) Every ship of 400 gross tonnage and above,
and every ship which is certified to carry 15 persons or more, shall
carry a garbage management plan which the crew shall follow. This
plan shall provide written procedures for collecting, storing, processing
and disposing of garbage, including the use of the equipment on
board. It shall also designate the person in charge of carrying
out the plan. Such a plan shall be in accordance with the guidelines
developed by the Organization* and written in
the working language of the crew.
(3) Every ship of 400 gross tonnage and above
and every ship which is certified to carry 15 persons or more engaged
in voyages to ports or offshore terminals under the jurisdiction
of other Parties to the Convention and every fixed and floating
platform engaged in exploration and exploitation of the sea-bed
shall be provided with a Garbage Record Book. The Garbage Record
Book, whether as a part of the ship's official log-book or otherwise,
shall be in the form specified in the appendix to this Annex;
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each discharge operation, or completed
incineration, shall be recorded in the Garbage Record Book and
signed for on the date of the incineration or discharge by the
officer in charge. Each completed page of the Garbage Record
Book shall be signed by the master of the ship. The entries
in the Garbage Record Book shall be at least in English, French
or Spanish. Where the entries are also made in an official language
of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly, these entries
shall prevail in case of a dispute or discrepancy; |
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(b) |
the entry for each incineration
or discharge shall include date and time, position of the ship,
description of the garbage and the estimated amount incinerated
or discharged; |
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(c) |
the Garbage Record Book shall
be kept on board the ship and in such a place as to be available
for inspection in a reasonable time. This document shall be
preserved for a period of two years after the last entry is
made on the record; |
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in the event of discharge, escape
or accidental loss referred to in regulation 6
of this Annex an entry shall be made in the Garbage Record Book
of the circumstances of, and the reasons for, the loss. |
(4) The Administration may waive the requirements
for Garbage Record Books for:
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(a) |
any ship engaged on voyages of
1 hour or less in duration which is certified to carry 15 persons
or more; or |
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(b) |
fixed or floating platforms while
engaged in exploration and exploitation of the sea-bed. |
(5) The competent authority of the Government
of a Party to the Convention may inspect the Garbage Record Book
on board any ship to which this regulation applies while the ship
is in its ports or offshore terminals and may make a copy of any
entry in that book, and may require the master of the ship to certify
that the copy is a true copy of such an entry. Any copy so made,
which has been certified by the master of the ship as a true copy
of an entry in the ship's Garbage Record Book, shall be admissible
in any judicial proceedings as evidence of the facts stated in the
entry. The inspection of a Garbage Record Book and the taking of
a certified copy by the competent authority under this paragraph
shall be performed as expeditiously as possible without causing
the ship to be unduly delayed.
(6) In the case of ships built before 1
July 1997, this regulation shall apply as from 1 July 1998.
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