Section 239

A gas carrier 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.

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Gas carriers, other than those defined in regulation 237, constructed before 1st. July, 1986 including those of less than 500 tons, shall comply with the requirements of the Gas Carrier Code adopted by the Assembly of the

Organisation by resolution A.328(IX) and the Code for Existing Ships Carrying

Liquefied Gases in Bulk adopted by the Assembly of the Organisation by resolution A.329(IX) as amended, as applicable.

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For gas carriers, other than those defined in regulation 237, constructed before 1st. July, 1986 including those of less than 500 tons, the IGC

Code shall be considered at least equivalent to the Gas Carrier Code (resolution

A.328(IX)) up to and including the fourth set of amendment.

Where the provisions of the IGC Code are applied to gas carriers constructed before 1st. July, 1986 and, where the requirements of the Code have been fully complied with, paragraph 5 of the Certificate of Fitness issued under resolution A.328(IX) shall be endorsed as follows-

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

Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk and found to

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comply with the relevant provisions thereof.".

A gas carrier shall carry the IGC Code or the Gas Carrier Code and the

Code for Existing Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk, as appropriate.

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SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CARRIAGE OF PACKAGED IRRADIATED NUCLEAR FUEL,

PLUTONIUM AND HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES ON BOARD SHIPS

Interpretation.