The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 2008

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There are currently no known outstanding effects for The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 2008, Paragraph 4.

[F1Maximum content of [F2fuel oil] used by ships at berth F3...

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

4.—(1) This paragraph applies to—

F4(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)a ship at berth.

(2) This paragraph does not apply to—

(a)a ship at berth for that period of time which is sufficient to allow the crew to complete any necessary fuel changeover operations—

(i)as soon as possible after arrival at berth, and

(ii)as late as possible before departure,

(b)a ship which, according to published timetables, is due to be at berth for less than two hours,

(c)a ship which switches off all engines and uses shore-side electricity while at berth [F5or],

F6(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F7(e)a ship using an emission abatement method that has been—

(i)permitted in accordance with paragraph 6 or 7, or

(ii)authorised for the purposes of [F8paragraphs 2 and 4 of Article 8, and Article 9, of the 2016 Directive] by an EEA State F9....]

(3) A ship F10... to which this paragraph applies must not use [F11fuel oil] which has a sulphur content exceeding 0.10 per cent by mass.

(4) The master of a ship F12... to which this paragraph applies must record in accordance with paragraph 5 the details of any fuel changeover operation.

(5) In this paragraph—

F13...

“ship at berth” means a ship which is securely moored or anchored in a United Kingdom port while it is loading, unloading or hotelling, including the time spent when not engaged in cargo operations.]

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 2A inserted (20.4.2010) by The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/895), regs. 1, 2(3), Sch. 1

F2Words in Sch. 2A para. 4 heading substituted (22.10.2021) by The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1108), regs. 1(b), 2(16)(d)

F3Words in Sch. 2A para. 4 heading omitted (14.1.2011) by virtue of The Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) and Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/3035), regs. 1, 17(3)(a)

F4Sch. 2A para. 4(1)(a) omitted (14.1.2011) by virtue of The Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) and Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/3035), regs. 1, 17(3)(b)

F5Word in Sch. 2A para. 4(2)(c) inserted (14.1.2011) by The Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) and Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/3035), regs. 1, 17(3)(c)

F6Sch. 2A para. 4(2)(d) omitted (14.1.2011) by virtue of The Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) and Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/3035), regs. 1, 17(3)(d)

F7Sch. 2A para. 4(2)(e) substituted (16.12.2014) by The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) and Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3076), regs. 1, 2(6)(d)

F8Words in Sch. 2A para. 4(2)(e)(ii) substituted (12.3.2019) by The Merchant Shipping and Other Transport (Environmental Protection) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/311), regs. 1(2), 3(4)(d)

F9Words in Sch. 2A para. 4(2)(e)(ii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping and Other Transport (Environmental Protection) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/311), regs. 1(3), 6(5)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F10Words in Sch. 2A para. 4(3) omitted (14.1.2011) by virtue of The Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) and Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/3035), regs. 1, 17(3)(e)

F11Words in Sch. 2A para. 4(3) substituted (22.10.2021) by The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1108), regs. 1(b), 2(16)(d)