South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts19—Certain liquid substances to be treated as oil
(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 Organisation as an oil-like
substance under criteria developed by the Organisation, may be carried on an
oil tanker within the meaning of Part 2 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; and
(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; and
(c) the
prescribed substance is the substance, or a substance, referred to in
paragraph (b)(ii); and
(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 1 July
1986—the International Bulk Chemical Code; or
(ii)
in the case of a tanker constructed before 1 July
1986—the Bulk Chemical Code applicable under Regulation 13 of Annex II
of the Convention; and
(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 2—
(a)
section 8 applies in relation to the discharge of the substance as if the
substance were oil within the meaning of Part 2; and
(b)
section 18 does not apply in relation to the discharge of the substance.