Petroleum Sħips (Extension) (Amendment) Order, 1982

L.N. 47 of 1982

PETROLEUM (IMPORTATION, STORAGE AND SALE)

ORDINANCE (CAP. 39)

Petroleum Sħips (Extension) (Amendment) Order, 1982

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 13 of the Petroleum

(lmportation, Storage and Sale) Ordinance, the Minister of Parastatal

and People's Investments has made the following order:-

This order may be cited as the Petroleum Ships (Extension)

(Amendment) Order, 1982, and sha11 be read and construed as one with

L.N. 54 of 1965 the Petroleum Ships (Extension) Order, 1965, hereinafter referred to as

"the principal order".

For artic1e 3 of the principal order there shall be substituted

the following

" 3. ( 1) N otwithstanding the provisions of regulation 18 of

the Petroleum Ships Regulations, ] 965, ships ha vii1g carried

dangerous petroleum or ordinary petroleum and which have not

been certified gas free whether with or without balla st water may

(a) unless expressly prohibited by the Director of Ports,

enter the Grand Harbour with all hatch lids closed solely for

the purpose of proceeding to a berth approved by the said

Director for tank cleaning and gas freeing; of

(b) with the special permission of the Director, enter the

Grand Harbour for repairs in an inert condition under such

conditioIlS as the Director may impose.

(2)

For the purposes of this artic1e

"inert condition" means that the oxygen content of the

atmosphere throughout a tank or enc10sed space has been re-

duced to 8 % or less by volume, by the addition of inert gas

and

"inert gas" means nitrogen, carbon dioxide or a mixture

of gases including flue gases containing insufficient oxygen

to support the combustion of hydrocarbons.

(3) The owners of the ship, the master and the repair-

ers shall be jointly responsiblc for ensuring compliance with any

conditions that the Director may impose.".

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