Marine (Anti-fouling Systems on Ships) Regulations 2014 (No. 106 of 2014).

These Regulations (a) give effect to Articles 3,4 and lO and Annex 4 of the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships 2001, which provides for controls on anti-fouling systems and the survey, inspection and certification of ships in relation to those systems; (b) prescribe various other matters, such as survey and certification requirements and forms to be used to report incidents for the purpose of the protection of the sea from harmful anti-fouling systems from ships; and (e) ban organotin compounds, and in particular tributyltin which acts as biocides in anti-fouling paints on ships and have been found to have a significant detrimental effect on marine life and the ecosystems. These Regulations shall apply to- (a) all Fiji ships; (b) all ships entitled to be registered under the Ship Registration Decrce 2013; and (e) foreign registered ships visiting our ports or offshore tenninal or slipped or docked in Fiji. The Regulations provide for, among other things, for: inspections, anti-fouling compliance requirements; limit of organotin compounds; barriers against organotin compounds leaching out from underlying no-compliant anti-fouling systems.