For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
‘Marpol 73/78’ means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as amended by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto, in their up-to-date versions;
‘revised Regulation 13G of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78’ shall mean the amendments to Regulation 13G of Annex I to MARPOL 73/78 and to the Supplement to the IOPP Certificate, as adopted by Resolution MEPC 111(50) of 4 December 2003 which enters into force on 4 April 2005;
‘oil tanker’ shall mean an oil tanker as defined in Regulation 1(4) of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78;
‘deadweight’ shall mean deadweight as defined in Regulation 1(22) of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78;
‘new oil tanker’ shall mean a new oil tanker as defined in Regulation 1(26) of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78;
‘category (1) oil tanker’ shall mean an oil tanker of 20 000 tons deadweight and above carrying crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil or lubricating oil as cargo, and of 30 000 tons deadweight and above carrying oil other than the above, which does not comply with the requirements for new oil tankers as defined in Regulation 1(26) of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78;
‘category (2) oil tanker’ shall mean an oil tanker of 20 000 tons deadweight and above carrying crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil or lubricating oil as cargo, and of 30 000 tons deadweight and above carrying oil other than the above, which complies with the requirements for new oil tankers as defined in Regulation 1(26) of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78. Any Category 2 oil tanker shall be provided with segregated ballast tanks protectively located (SBT/PL);
‘category (3) oil tanker’ shall mean an oil tanker of 5 000 tons deadweight and above but less than that specified in definitions 6 and 7;
‘single hull oil tanker’ shall mean an oil tanker not meeting the double hull or equivalent design requirements of Regulation 13F of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78;
‘double-hull oil tanker’ shall mean:
a) an oil tanker of 5 000 tonnes deadweight and above, meeting the double-hull or equivalent design requirements of Regulation 13F of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 or fulfilling the requirements of Paragraph 1(c) of the revised Regulation 13G of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78; or
b) an oil tanker of 600 tonnes deadweight and above but less than 5 000 tonnes deadweight, fitted with double bottom tanks or spaces complying with the provisions of regulation 13F (7)(a) of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78, and wing tanks or spaces arranged in accordance with regulation 13F (3)(a) and complying with the requirement as to distance w as referred to in regulation 13F (7)(b) of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78;
‘age’ shall mean the age of the ship, expressed in number of years after the date of its delivery;
‘heavy diesel oil’ shall mean diesel oil as defined in revised Regulation 13G of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78;
‘fuel oil’ shall mean heavy distillates or residues from crude oil or blends of such materials as defined in revised Regulation 13G of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78;