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Regulation 34

of Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Dangerous Goods, Petroleum and Explosives) Regulations 2005

Regulation 34

Exhibition of warning notices

The owner, agent or master of a vessel on which petroleum is loaded or discharged, or on which ballasting, tank-cleaning or gas-freeing operations are carried out, shall ensure that —

(a)

notices in the appropriate language prohibiting smoking, naked lights and unauthorised visitors are prominently exhibited at the gangways and every part of the vessel from which a person may gain access to the vessel; and

(b)

notices in the appropriate language prohibiting any unauthorised craft from approaching within a distance of 200 metres of the vessel are prominently exhibited on —

(i)

the off-shore side of the vessel, where the vessel is alongside a wharf; and

(ii)

on both sides of the vessel, in any other case.