S.L. 499.1 Art. 107Master or agent to give notice of explosives, inflammable or dangerous goods including radioactive and fissible materials on board.

(1) The master or agent of every ship proposing to call at

Malta and having on board for discharge at Malta or in transit any explosives or any goods of an inflammable or dangerous nature, including radioactive and fissile materials, shall, not less than forty eight hours before arrival, give notice thereof in writing and in duplicate to the Authority on the form specified in the Dangerous

Cargo Ships, Marine Terminals and Facilities and Bunkering

Regulations.

(2) (Deleted by L.N. 493 of 2004).

(3) The master or agent of every ship proposing to call at Malta and having on board for discharge at Malta or in transit any radioactive or fissile materials shall, in addition to the notice aforesaid, submit to the Authority not less than forty-eight hours before arrival -

(a) where the carriage of the consignment of radioactive or fissile materials is subject to the issue of a certificate by the competent authority of the country of origin stating that such materials are packed, labelled, loaded, stowed and carried in a proper manner as approved by the competent authority, a certified or origin, a certificate detailing the radioactive goods under the original or stamped facsimile signature of the consignor or his duly authorised agents endorsed in the following terms: "This is to certify that the above-named goods are properly described and are and marked in accordance with (here reference to the relevant regulations of the country of origin shall be inserted by the consignor) and are in proper condition for transport"; and

(c) such other information or certificates, including certificates of indemnification, as the Authority may from time to time require.

(4) No such goods shall be landed before all the necessary arrangements have been made for the clearance of such goods and for their removal from the place of landing to a place of safe storage and if any such goods are landed before such arrangements have been made, the Authority may order the goods to be placed on board the ship from which they have been landed or otherwise deal with them or destroy them as it considers necessary at the risk and expense of the master of the ship from which they have been discharged.

(5) Notwithstanding that the provisions of subregulations (1) and (2) have been complied with such goods shall, at the discretion of the Authority, be discharged at such a time as will enable them to be disposed of or otherwise removed from the port during the regular working hours of the port on the same day and not later than sunset.

(6) For the purposes of this regulation, any explosives described in Part II of the First Schedule which may be included in a consignment of category B explosives shall be specified separately in the notice as category B Part II explosives.

(7) (Deleted by L.N. 493 of 2004).