Section 236

A chemical tanker shall comply with the requirements of the IBC Code as applicable and shall, in addition to the requirements of regulations 9, 10 and 11

as applicable, be surveyed and certified as provided for in that Code. For the purpose of this regulation, the requirements of the Code shall be treated as mandatory.

A chemical tanker holding a certificate issued pursuant to sub-regulation (1) shall be subject to the control established in regulation 20. For this purpose, such certificate shall be treated as a certificate issued under regulations 13 and 14.

Chemical tankers, other than those defined in regulation 234, constructed before 1st. July, 1986, including those of less than 500 tons, shall comply with the requirements of the Bulk Chemical Code adopted by the

Assembly of the Organisation by resolution A.212(VIIJ as amended, as applicable.

For chemical tankers, other than those defined in regulation 234, constructed before 1st July, 1986, including those of less than 500 tons, the IBC

Code shall be considered at least equivalent to the Bulk Chemical Code

(resolution A.212(VIIJ) up to and including the tenth set of amendment.

Where the provisions of the IBC Code are applied to chemical tankers constructed before 1st. July, 1986 and, where the requirements of the Code have been fully complied with, paragraph 4 of the Certificate of Fitness issued under resolution A.212(VII) shall be endorsed as follows

"As permitted by resolution MSC.7(48l, the ship has been surveyed in accordance with the International Code for the Construction and

Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk and found to comply with the relevant provisions thereof.".

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A chemical tanker shall carry at least one copy of the IBC Code or the

Bulk Chemical Code, as appropriate.

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Interpretation.

CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF SHIPS CARRYING

LIQUEFIED GASES IN BULK