# The Merchant Shipping (IBC Code) Regulations 1987, Regulation 2: Application


(1) These Regulations apply, subject to the following provisions of this regulation—
(a) to chemical tankers constructed on or after 1st July 1986,
(b) to ships converted to being chemical tankers on or after that date except oil tankers—
(i) which were built before that date; and
(ii) which are converted for the purpose of carrying pollution hazard substances only; and
(iii) the conversion of which consists only of modifications necessary for compliance with Chapter VA of the BCH Code; and
(c) (to the extent that the Secretary of State considers reasonable and practicable) to chemical tankers which were constructed before, but undergo repairs, alterations and modifications of a major character on or after, that date.
(2) Where a chemical tanker is constructed or adapted to carry both
(a) one or more of the substances listed both in Chapter 17 of the IBC Code and in Chapter 19 of the ICC Code; and
(b) one or more of the substances listed in Chapter 19 of the ICC Code but not in Chapter 17 of the IBC Code;
then to the extent that the requirements of those two Codes are inconsistent the requirements of the ICC Code shall prevail.
(3) These Regulations apply to all ships specified in paragraph (1) which are United Kingdom ships wherever they may be and to other such ships while they are within a port in the United Kingdom; provided that in the case of a ship registered in a state which is not a party to the 1974 SOLAS Convention or to MARPOL 1973/78 they shall not apply by reason of its being in a port in the United Kingdom if it would not have been there but for stress of weather or any circumstances which could not have been prevented by the owner, the master or the charterer (if any).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/549/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ibc-code-regulations-1987/regulation-2
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