Marine Orders - Part 34: Solid bulk cargoes, Issue 5 (Order No. 7 of 2003)
12Unsafe or inadequate arrangements
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12 Unsafe or inadequate arrangements
12.1 If, in relation to a particular solid bulk cargo, it appears to the Chief Marine Surveyor that the BC Code insufficiently provides for the safety of persons or for the proper carriage of the cargo, that officer may require additional precautions to be observed.
12.2 If, in relation to a particular ship, it appears to the Chief Marine Surveyor that the BC Code insufficiently provides for the safety of persons or for the proper carriage of solid bulk cargo, that officer may require additional precautions to be observed.
12.3 A person must not load, stow, trim or carry a cargo in respect of which the Chief Marine Surveyor has required additional precautions to be observed except in accordance with those additional precautions.
This is a penal provision