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REGULATION 20. — KfXEPTION FACILITIES 



(1) Each Contracting Government shall take apijrojtriate steps to ensure 

 the provision of facilities at oil terminals and in otlier ports in which ships 

 have oily residues to discharge for the reception of such residues and oily 

 mixtures as remain for disposal from oil tankers and other ships without 

 causing undue delay to ships and according to the needs of the ships using 

 them. 



(2) Each Contracting Government shall determine to which of its ports and 

 oil terminals paragraph ( 1 ) of this Regulation shall apply. 



(3) As regards paragraph (1) of this Regulation each Contracting Govern- 

 ment shall report to the Organization for transmission to the Contracting 

 Governments concerned all cases where the facilities are alleged to be inadequate. 



REGULATION 21. — OIL RECORD BOOK 



(1) Every oil tanker of [l.")0] tons gross tonnage and above and every ship 

 other than oil tankers, of [400] tons gross tonnage and above*'' shall be 

 provided with an Oil Record Book, whether as part of the ship's official log book 

 or otherwise, in tlie form specified in Appendix III of this Annex. 



(2) The Oil Record Book shall be completed on each occasion, on a tank- 

 to-tank basis, whenever any of the following operations take place in the 

 ship : 



(a) Fnr oil tankers: 



(i) loading of oil cargo ; 



[ (ii) transfer of oil cargo during voyage ;] 



[(iii) opening of the sluice valves at the cargo tank bulkheads at the loading 

 terminals;] 



(iv) discharge of oil cargo ; 



[(v) closing of the sluice valves at the cargo bulkheads at the loading 

 terminals :] 



( vi ) ballasting of cargo tanks ; 



i vii ) cleaning of cargo tanks ; 



( viii ) discharge of ballast except from segregated ballast tanks : 



( ix ) discharge of water from slop tanks ; 



[ (x) disposal of residues] ; 



(xi) discharge overboard of bilge water which has accumulated in machinery 

 spaces whilst in port, and the routine discharge at sea of bilge water which 

 has accumulated in machinery spaces. 



(b) For ships other than oil tankers: 



[(i) ballasting or cleaning of bunker tanks or oil cargo spaces; 



(ii) discharge of ballast or cleaning water from tanks referred to under (i) of 

 this subparagraph ; 



(iii) disposal of residues] ; 



(iv) discharge overboard of bilge water which has accumulated in machinei'y 

 spaces whilst in port, and the routine discharge at sea of bilge water which has 

 accumulated in machinery spaces. 



(3) In the event of such discharge or escape of oil or oily mixture as is 

 referred to in Regulation 12 of this Annex, a Statement shall be made in the Oil 

 Record Book of the circumstances of, and the reasons for, the reason for. the 

 discharge or escape. 



(4) Bach operation described in paragraph (2) of this Regulation shall l>e 

 fully recorded without delay in the Oil Record Book so that all the entries in 

 the book appropriate to that operation are completed. Each page of the book shall 

 be signed by the officer or officers in charge of the operations concerned and when 

 the ship is manned, by the master of the ship. The written entries in the Oil 

 Record Book shall be in an official language of the State the flag of which the 

 ship is entitled to fly and " in English or French **. 



<•' Some (Iclogatioiis suggested that for smaller ships some simplified form for oil records 

 should he provided by means of either a simplified Oil Record Book, special entries in the 

 lop hook or other appropriate means decided by the Administration. 



** Some delegations suggested the u.se of the word "or" in lieu of "and". Other delega- 

 tions suggested that the entry in the Oil Record Book should be either English or French, or 

 the national language and English or French. 



*" Some delegations considered tliat this requirement should apply to ships above a certain 

 size which may be either gross tonnage or deadweight. Other delegations considered that 

 this requirement should apply to ships engaged on international voyages. 



