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Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 742 of 2012).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Regulation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Sea, Environment gen.
Keyword
Marine pollution Oil pollution Protected area
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) Regulations 2010 in relation with ship-to-ship tansfers of oil. They, among other things, implement the new Chapter 8 of Annex I to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978, which provides that ships of 150 gross tons or more must not carry out ship-to-ship cargo transfers of oil in the Pollution Control Zone. They also designate a permit area in United Kingdom waters within which the Secretary of State may permit ship-to-ship cargo transfers of oil.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 1228 of 2010).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2010

Keyword: Marine pollution, Cultural heritage, Oil pollution, Protection of habitats

Source: FAO, FAOLEX