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(3) In the event of such discharge or escape of noxious liquid substances or 

 mixture containing sucli substances as is referred to in Regulations 5 and 8 

 of this Annex, a Statement shall be made in the Cargo Record Book of the 

 circumstances of, and the reason for, the discharge or escape. 



(4) Each operation described in paragraph (2) of this Regulation shall be 

 fully recorded without delay in the Cargo 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 OflBcer 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 Cargo Record Book shall be in an official language of the relevant territory 

 in respect of the ship, state the flag of which the ship is entitled to fly and" 

 in English or French. 



(5) Cargo Record Books shall be kept in such a place as to be readily avail- 

 able for inspection at all reasonable times and, except in the case of unmanned 

 ships under tow, shall be kept on board the ship. They shall be retained for a 

 period of two years after the last entry has been made. 



(6) The competent authority of a Contracting Government may inspect on 

 board any ship to which the present Convention applies while within its port, the 

 Cargo Record Book required to be carried in the ship in compliance with the 

 provisions of this Regulation, and may make a true copy of any entry in that 

 Book and may require the Master of the ship to certify that the copy is a true 

 copy of such entry. Any copy so made which purports to have been certified by 

 the Master of the ship as a true copy of an entry in the ship's Cargo Record 

 Book shall be made admissible in any judicial proceedings as evidence of the facts 

 stated in the entry. Any action by the competent authorities imder this para- 

 graph shall be taken as expeditiously as ix)ssible without causing the ship to be 

 unduly delayed. 



REGULATION 10. CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTS 



(1) (a) A chemical tanker shall be subject to the instructions required by 

 Regulation 11 of this Annex. In addition, the arrangements for discharge in 

 accordance with Regulation 5 of this Annex shall be surveyed. 



(b) The Administration shall, after having .'satisfactorily surveyed a chemical 

 tanker" i.ssue a Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Noxious Chemicals in 

 Bulk.^* The Certificate shall be endorsed with details of any cargo tank washing 

 procedures approved by the Administration in connexion with implementation 

 of Regulation 5 of this Annex. Further, a note shall be inserted in the Cargo 

 Record Book to the effect that the discharge arrangement according to Regu- 

 lation 5 of this Annex has been approved by the Administration. 



(2) (a) A ship other than a chemical tanker, fitted with space for the carriage 

 of noxious substances in bulk shall be subject to the surveys and inspections 

 specified below : 



(i) a survey before the ship enters .service shall include an in.'^pection of its 

 structure and equipment insofar as the ship is covered by this Annex. This sur- 

 vey shall be such as to ensure that the ship's arrangements fully comply with the 

 requirements of this Annex. 



(ii) a periodical survey at intervals specified by the Administration, but not 

 exceeding five years, which shall lie such as to ensure that the arrangements con- 

 tinue to comply with the requirements of this Annex. 



(iii) a periodical inspection at intervals .sjiecified by the Administration, but 

 not exceeding two years.^" which shall be such as to ensure that the e(iuipment 

 and associated pumps and pipings fully comply with the applicable requirements 

 of this Annex and is in good working order. 



^•i Some (lolPtrations snpjrestpcl the nsp of the word "or" in lien of "and". Otiier rleletra- 

 tions sncjrestPfl that the entry in the Oil Record Book .'thoiild he either English or French, 

 or the national lantriiacre and Knslish or French. 



" Consideration should he triven to the need for formnlatinK explicit requirements for 

 surveys similar to those in paragraph (2) of this Uesnlation. 



^f" Consideration should be given to the need for attaching a model form of this 

 certificate. 



1" Some delegations suggested that a two-month extension of the date of periodical 

 inspection should be granted. 



