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115 Language of oil record book
115 Language of oil record book
(1) The oil record book on an Australian ship must be written in the English language.
(2) The oil record book on a foreign ship must be written in the official language of the country whose flag the ship is entitled to fly, or in one of the official languages of that country.
(3) However, if that official language is not English, French or Spanish, the oil record book must also be translated into English, French or Spanish.
Editor’s note.
See Regs 17.4 and 36.5 of Annex I of MARPOL.
s 115: Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[126] [127].