Entries in cargo record book
20 Entries in cargo record book
(1) If a recordable operation or event is carried out or happens in or in relation to a ship, the ship's master must make or cause to be made an appropriate entry about the operation or event in the cargo record book without delay.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
An entry in a ship's cargo record book must:
be made in the English language;
(b) include the particulars required by Appendix IV to Annex II to MARPOL; and
be signed by:
(i) for a recordable operation – the officer or other person in charge of the operation; or
for a recordable event – the person in control of the ship.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
(3) When a page of a ship's cargo record book is completed, the ship's master must sign the page without delay.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
(4) In this regulation, recordable operation or event means an operation or event mentioned in Schedule 1, Part 2 that takes place or occurs in coastal waters.
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