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Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (No. 303 of 2004).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Regulation
Date
2004
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Sea, Environment gen.
Keyword
Marine pollution Oil pollution Certification
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
These Regulations will come into force on 8 March 2004.
Abstract

Regulation 4 of these Regulations implements amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution at Sea 1973 as amended by its Protocol of 1978 ("MARPOL 73/78") which harmonize the survey and certification requirements of MARPOL 73/78 with the survey and certification requirements of the International Convention on the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). Regulation 5 of these Regulations implements Regulation (EC) No. 417/2002 of the European Parliament and the Council of 18 February 2002 on the accelerated phasing-in of double hull or equivalent design requirements for single hull oil tankers and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 2978/94. Regulation 5 restates the content of Regulation (EC) No. 417/2002, for the purposes of coherence. These Regulations are made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(c. 68) in so far as they implement Regulation (EC) No. 417/2002. Regulation 6 of these Regulations implements amendments to MARPOL 73/78 which relate to the guidelines for development of shipboard oil pollution emergency plans, and makes provision for its combination with the shipboard marine pollution emergency plan for noxious liquid substances in the case of oil tankers where regulation 16 of Annex II to the Convention also applies. Regulation 7 of these Regulations amends provisions on the power to detain ships which do not comply with the requirements of the Regulations, and applies section 284(1) to (6) and (8) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 1996 (No. 2145 of 1996).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1996

Keyword: Marine pollution, Oil pollution, Inspection, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX