Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a prescribed substance in Category C or D, being a substance that has been identified by the Organization as an oil-like substance under criteria developed by the Organization, may be carried on an oil tanker within the meaning of Part II if the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) the oil tanker complies with the provisions of Annex I of the Convention as applicable to product carriers within the meaning of that Annex;
(b) the oil tanker carries an International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate and its supplement B, being a certificate that has an endorsement –
(i) that indicates that the ship is permitted to carry oil-like substances in conformity with Regulation 14 of Annex II of the Convention; and
(ii) that specifies the oil-like substance or substances that the tanker is permitted to carry;
(c) the prescribed substance is the substance, or a substance, referred to in paragraph (b)(ii);
(d) in the case of a substance in Category C – the tanker complies with the ship type 3 damage stability requirements of –
(i) in the case of a tanker constructed on or after 1st July 1986–the International Bulk Chemical Code; or
(ii) in the case of a tanker constructed before 1st July 1986–the Bulk Chemical Code applicable under Regulation 13 of Annex II of the Convention;
(e) the oil content meter in the oil discharge monitoring and control system of the tanker has been approved by an inspector for use in monitoring the oil-like substances to be carried.
(2) Where, by virtue of subsection (1), a substance is carried on an oil tanker within the meaning of Part II –
(a) section 8 applies in relation to the discharge of the substance as if the substance were oil within the meaning of Part II; and
(b) section 20 does not apply in relation to the discharge of the substance.