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Air Pollution Control (Fuel for Vessels) Regulation

Part 1

L.N. 135 of 2018

Section 1

B4163

Air Pollution Control (Fuel for Vessels) Regulation

(Made by the Secretary for the Environment under section 43 of the Air Pollution Control Ordinance (Cap. 311) after consultation with the Advisory Council on the Environment)))

Part 1
Preliminary

1. Commencement

This Regulation comes into operation on 1 January 2019.

2. Interpetation

In this Regulation—

accepted Convention certificate (獲認可公約證明書) means a certificate in the form prescribed by the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 as amended from time to time;

agent (代理人), in relation to a vessel, means a person acting in Hong Kong as an agent for the owner of the vessel;

compliant fuel (合規格燃料) means—

(a) low sulphur marine fuel;

(b) liquefied natural gas; or

(c) any fuel approved under section 16(1);

fuel switch operation to compliant fuel (轉換合規格燃料) means an operation to change the fuel used by a vessel from non-compliant fuel to compliant fuel;