![]() “shipper” means a person who, whether as principal or agent for another, consigns for carriage by sea dangerous goods or marine pollutants “packaged goods” means packaged dangerous goods or packaged marine pollutants “package” means an individual package or receptacle described in the IMDG Code an intermediate bulk container ![]() “operator” in relation to a ship includes any owner, charterer, manager and agent of the ship “Merchant Shipping Notice” means a Notice described as such, issued by the Marine Safety Agency and any reference to a particular Merchant Shipping Notice includes a reference to any Merchant Shipping Notice amending or replacing it which the Secretary of State considers relevant from time to time “Marine Safety Agency” means the Marine Safety Agency, an executive agency of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions “marine pollutants declaration” means a certificate or declaration in writing, signed by the person making it, that the shipment offered for carriage is properly classified, packaged and marked in accordance with the IMDG Code and is in a proper condition for carriage to minimise the hazard to the marine environment ![]() “marine pollutant” means a substance classified as such in the IMDG Code, or as a noxious liquid substance in the IBC Code, and any other substance, material or article that the shipper has reasonable cause to believe might meet the criteria for such classification “in bulk” means directly and without intermediate form of containment in a hold, tank or cargo space, which is a structural part of or permanently attached to a ship “IMO Recommendations” means the 1995 edition of Recommendations on the Safe Transport of Dangerous Cargoes and Related Activities in Port Areas (1995 edition) “IMO” means the International Maritime Organisation “IMDG Code” means the 1994 consolidated edition of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code as amended by Amendment No. “IGC Code” means the 1993 edition of the IMO International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk “IBC Code” means the 1994 edition of the IMO International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk “handling” includes the operations of loading, unloading and transferring dangerous goods or marine pollutants and cleaning, purging, gasfreeing, ullaging, sounding, sampling and similar operations required for the carriage of such goods in a ship and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly “Gas Carrier Code for Existing Ships” means the 1976 edition of the IMO Code for Existing Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk, including the first set of amendments (adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the IMO in April 1978), the second set of amendments (adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of IMO in May 1979), the third set of amendments (adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of IMO in May 1980) and the fourth set of amendments (adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of IMO in November 1984) “Gas Carrier Code” means the 1983 edition of the IMO Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk “forwarder” means the person by whom the dangerous goods declaration or marine pollutants declaration and packing certificate are received, and any person responsible for packing the goods into a cargo transport unit, for eventual delivery to the ship or its agent In the provision of goods, services or entertainment on board This is the determination (by appropriate method) of whether the goods possess the hazardous characteristics of classes from 1 to 9 of the IMDG Code in accordance with the most hazardous property of the goods. “classify” means to determine whether goods are dangerous goods or a marine pollutant for the purposes of sea transport. “cargo transport unit” means a road freight vehicle, a railway freight wagon, a freight container, a road tank vehicle, a railway tank wagon and a portable tank “BCH Code” means the 1993 edition of the IMO Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk “Bulk Cargoes Code” means the 1996 edition of IMO Code of Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes InterpretationĢ.-(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires: (2) The Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods and Marine Pollutants) Regulations 1990( 6) are hearby revoked. PART I GENERAL Citation, commencement and revocationġ.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods and Marine Pollutants) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st November 1997.
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