The Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 (Commencement) Order 1973

Whereas section 34(2) of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 provides that the Secretary of State may by order appoint a day on which the Act shall come into force but that the day so appointed shall not be earlier than the day, or if more than one, the latest day appointed under section 12(3) of the Oil in Navigable Waters Act 1971 for the coming into force of the provisions of that Act;

And whereas the latest day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Oil in Navigable Waters Act 1971 was 5th January 19731;

Now the Secretary of State in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 34(2) of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 hereby orders as follows:—