Section 39

Notifications and Circulations

1-  Designated authority, shall bring notice of each practice and procedure proposed in addition to these regulations to the attention of the concern parties likely to be affected by it at least ninety (90) days before the proposed effective date of the measure, and a reasonable opportunity within those ninety days shall be given to ship owners, masters, persons in charge of ships and other interested persons to make representations to the port authority with respect to it.

2- The notice shall include information as to where a copy of the proposed measure, including any related documents necessary to understand it,

3- After the port authority considers any representations made by interested persons with respect to a proposed measure, it may adopt the measure.

4- The provision under 1. does not apply where the port authority has assessed that an urgent situation exists, but the port authority shall take reasonable steps to bring notice of the measure to the attention the concern of any person likely to be affected by it as soon as possible after it comes into force.