Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution) (SOLAS) Order 1998 (No. 1500 of 1998). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision England Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Sea, Environment gen. Keyword Marine pollution Effluent waste water/discharge International agreement-implementation Geographical area Europe, European Union Countries, Northern Europe Entry into force notes This Order will come into force on 1 July 1998. Abstract This Order empowers the Secretary of State to make regulations to give effect to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea Convention 1974 ("SOLAS") and its Protocol of 1978, and amendments so far as the Convention relates to the prevention, reduction or control of pollution of the sea or other waters by waste matter from ships. The Convention relates primarily to safety, but recent amendments also contain provisions for the protection of the environment. Such regulations may in Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk