S.L. 499.12 Art. 14Ships carrying dangerous packaged cargoes, statusconfirmation and certificate of compliance.

(1) On arrival in port, the Master of a ship carrying dangerous packaged cargoes must, in addition to the confirmation of advance information required in regulation 13, provide the inwards clearing officer with full details of the manner in which the cargoes are stowed, a copy of the dedicated dangerous cargo manifest and any other information required by the Authority.

(2) Any Master who makes, whether knowingly or recklessly, any statement which is false in any material particular in any return, claim, or other document, which is requested or authorised to be made by subregulation (1) in particular in respect to dangerous substances, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding six thousand and nine hundred and eighty-eight euro and twelve cents (6,988.12) for each such false declaration.

(3) Such a ship shall not conduct any cargo handling operations unless the Master provides the inward clearing officer with the original certificate(s) from the loading port(s), certifying that the packaging and stowage of the dangerous packaged cargoes are in conformity with the IMDG Code or failing such, in accordance with the rules of the loading port(s).