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Extracts from the M.S. (Load Lines) Rules, 1968 389
(5) The information, and any fresh information to replace the same pursuant to paragraph (3) of this Rule, shall before issue to the master be submitted by or on behalf of the owner of the ship to the Board for their approval, together with a copy thereof for retention by the Board, and shall incorporate such additions and amendments as the Board may in any particular case require.
(6) (a)
The owner of any ship which, by virtue of the Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1968, is to be treated as a ship to which freeboards have been assigned under these Rules shall provide for the information of the master such information relating to the stability of the ship as was required to be so provided under the law in force immediately prior to the coming into operation of these Rules (a).
(b) The requirement in the preceding sub-paragraph shall have effect in relation to any ship to which it applies until the date on which the load line certi®cate currently in force in respect of the ship on the date these Rules come into operation ceases to be valid.
(7) Information provided pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Rule shall be furnished by the owner of the ship to the master in the form of a book which shall be kept on the ship at all times in the custody of the master.
Information as to loading and ballasting of ships
31.-(1) The owner of any ship to which freeboards are assigned under these Rules, being a ship of more than 150 metres in length specially designed for the carriage of liquids or ore in bulk, shall provide for the information of the master information relating to the loading and ballasting of the ship in accordance with the following provisions of this Rule.
(2) Such information shall consist of working instructions specifying in detail the manner in which the ship is to be loaded and ballasted so as to avoid the creation of unacceptable stresses in her structure and shall indicate the maximum stresses permissible for the ship.
(3) The provisions of paragraph (5) of the preceding Rule shall have effect in respect of information required under this Rule, and the information duly approved in accordance with that paragraph shall be contained in the book to be furnished to the master of the ship pursuant to paragraph (7) of that Rule, so however that the information to be provided pursuant to each Rule is separately shown in the book under separate headings specifying the number and heading of each Rule.