The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control and Prevention of Pollution from Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2020/496 |
| Year | 2020 |
2020 No. 496
Merchant ShippingSafety
The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control and Prevention of Pollution from Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Made 11th May 2020
Laid before Parliament 11th May 2020
Coming into force 1st June 2020
The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1) and (3) and 86(1)(a) and (b) of the Merchant Shipping Act 19951, articles 3 and 5 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Order 19872and article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 19963makes the following Regulations.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control and Prevention of Pollution from Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 1st June 2020.
Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2011
2.—(1) The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 20114are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation of Part 1), in the definition of “Conventions”, for paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute—
“(b)
“(b) the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS 74);
(c)
(c) the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocols of 1978 and 1997 relating thereto (MARPOL);”.
Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution from Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 2018
3.—(1) The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution from Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 20185are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 5 (application), in paragraphs (3) and (4), in both place it occurs, after “United Kingdom waters” add “or controlled waters”.
Kelly Tolhurst
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
At 11.26 a.m. on 11th May 2020
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. 2011/2601) (“the 2011 Regulations”) to the effect that the powers in the 2011 Regulations may be exercised in relation to ships to which the International...
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