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for which the building contract is placed on or after 1 January 2017; (ii) in the absence of a building contract, the keels of which are laid or which are at a similar stage of construction on or after 1 July 2017; or (iii) the delivery of which is on or after 1 January 2021. Every such ship using low-flashpoint fuels must comply with the requirements of this Part in addition to any other applicable requirements of these Regulations. ( b ) Except as provided for in paragraphs ( d ) and ( e ), a ship, irrespective of the date of construction, including one constructed before 1 January 2009, which converts to using low-flashpoint fuels on or after 1 January 2017 must be treated as a ship using low-flashpoint fuels on the date on which such conversion commenced. ( c ) Except as provided for in paragraphs ( d ) and ( e ), a ship using low-flashpoint fuels, irrespective of the date of construction, including one constructed before 1 January 2009, which, on or after 1 January 2017, undertakes to use low-flashpoint fuels different from those which it was originally approved to use before 1 January 2017 must be treated as a ship using low-flashpoint fuels on the date on which such undertaking commenced. ( d ) This Part does not apply to gas carriers, as defined in Regulation 11( b ) of Chapter VII —

using their cargoes as fuel and complying with the requirements of the IGC Code, as defined in Regulation 11( a ) of Chapter VII; or (ii) using other low-flashpoint gaseous fuels, provided that the fuel storage and distribution systems design and arrangements for such gaseous fuels comply with the requirements of the IGC Code for gas as a cargo. ( e ) This Part does not apply to ships owned or operated by a Contracting Government and used, for the time being, only in Government non-commercial service. However, ships owned or operated by a Contracting Government and used, for the time being, only in Government non-commercial service are encouraged to act in a manner consistent, so far as reasonable and practicable, with this Part. [S 669/2016 wef 01/01/2017]