Certain noxious liquid substances to be treated as oil
24 Certain noxious liquid substances to be treated as oil
The Regulations may prescribe a noxious liquid substance that is categorised in Annex II to MARPOL as a category C or D substance as an oil-like substance (the prescribed oil-like substance) that may be carried on an oil tanker if the conditions prescribed under the Regulations are satisfied.
The Regulations may only prescribe a category C or D substance identified by the IMO as an oil-like substance.
If a prescribed oil-like substance is carried on an oil tanker,
Part 2 applies to the substance as if the substance were oil.
The owner and the master of an oil tanker carrying a prescribed
oil-like substance must ensure that the oil tanker complies with and does not contravene the conditions prescribed in relation to the substance under the Regulations.
Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units.
This provision refers to the regulations (The Regulations may prescribe
, prescribed under the Regulations
, the Regulations
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