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The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 1996
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- 1996 No. 2154
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- Regulation 20
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Requirements for oil tankers with dedicated clean ballast tanks
20.—(1) An oil tanker operating with dedicated clean ballast tanks in accordance with the provisions of regulation 18(9) shall have adequate tank capacity, dedicated solely to the carriage of clean ballast to meet the requirements of regulations 18(2) and (3) as those provisions apply to segregated ballast tanks.
(2) The arrangements and operational procedures for dedicated clean ballast tanks shall comply with the requirements of Specifications for Oil Tankers with Dedicated Clean Ballast Tanks.
(3) An oil tanker operating with dedicated clean ballast tanks shall be equipped with an oil content meter approved in accordance with the specification for such equipment set out in the Recommendations on International Performance and Test Specifications for Oily Water Separating Equipment and Oil Content Meters, so as to permit supervision of the oil content in the ballast water being discharged.
(4) Every oil tanker operating with dedicated clean ballast tanks shall be provided with a dedicated Clean Ballast Tank Operation Manual detailing the system and specifying operational procedures. This Manual shall be approved by the Marine Safety Agency and shall contain all the information set out in the Specifications referred to in paragraph (2). If an alteration affecting the dedicated clean ballast tank system is made, the Operation Manual shall be revised, and the revision approved by the Marine Safety Agency.
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