4Definition: compliance with anti‑fouling requirements

4 Definition: compliance with anti‑fouling requirements

A ship complies with the anti‑fouling requirements if, and only if: (a) it has no HAFC applied on any designated external surface; or (b) each HAFC that is applied on any designated external surface has a coating that forms a barrier to the HAFC leaching into the water; or (c) for a ship that has cybutryne applied on a designated external surface—neither of the following has occurred: (i) the first scheduled renewal of the ship’s anti‑fouling system after 1 January 2023; (ii) the day that is 60 months after the last application of cybutryne to the ship before 1 January 2023.