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The Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Cargoes) Regulations 1999
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PART IVRequirements for Cargo Ships Carrying Grain
International Grain Code
11.—(1) A ship carrying grain shall comply with the requirements of the International Grain Code.
(2) Without prejudice to paragraph (1) or any other requirement of these Regulations, the owner and master shall ensure that:
(a)a ship loading grain complies with the International Grain Code; and
(b)subject to paragraph (4)(b), the ship has on board a document of authorisation as required by the International Grain Code. In the case of a United Kingdom ship the document of authorisation shall be issued by the Certifying Authority.
(3) Except when a ship may be in distress, the owner and master shall not permit a ship loaded with grain in bulk outside the United Kingdom to enter any port in the United Kingdom so laden, unless the ship has been loaded in accordance with the International Grain Code.
(4) No person shall order the commencement of the loading of grain into a ship in the United Kingdom unless he is satisfied that:
(a)the ship has on board a document of authorisation referred to in paragraph (2)(b); or
(b)the master has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Certifying Authority that the ship will, in its proposed loading condition, comply with the appropriate requirements of the International Grain Code and has obtained a document to this effect signed by a surveyor of such a Certifying Authority.
(5) An owner or master who contravenes paragraph (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence.
(6) A person who contravenes paragraph (4) shall be guilty of an offence.
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