Singapore legislation
Section 9
Section 9
Equipment in ships to prevent oil pollution
(1)
For the purpose of preventing or reducing the discharge of oil or mixture containing oil into the sea, the Minister may make regulations requiring all ships in Singapore waters to be fitted with such equipment, and to comply with such other requirements, as may be prescribed.
(2)
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), where any regulations made thereunder require ships to be fitted with equipment of a prescribed description, the regulations may provide that equipment of that description —
shall not be installed in a ship to which the regulations apply unless it is of a type tested and approved by a person appointed by the Minister; and
while installed in such a ship, shall not be treated as satisfying the requirements of the regulations unless, at such times as may be specified in the regulations, it is submitted for testing and approval by a person so appointed.
(3)
The Minister may appoint persons to carry out tests for the purposes of any regulations made under this section and, in respect of the carrying out of such tests, may charge such fees as may be prescribed by the regulations.
(4)
Every surveyor of ships shall be taken to be a person appointed by the Minister to carry out tests for the purposes of any regulations made under this section, in so far as they relate to tests required in accordance with subsection (2)(b).
(5)
If, in the case of any ship, the provisions of any regulations made under this section which apply to that ship are contravened, the owner, the master or the agent of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.