The Merchant Shipping (Reception Facilities for Garbage) Regulations 1988

Requirement to provide adequate reception facilities

3.—(1) The powers exercisable by a harbour authority or terminal operator in respect of any harbour or terminal in the United Kingdom shall include power to provide reception facilities for garbage from ships using the harbour or terminal.

(2) Any power of a harbour authority or terminal operator to provide such reception facilities shall include power to join with any other person in providing them, and references in these Regulations to the provision of such reception facilities by a harbour authority shall be construed accordingly; and any such power shall also include power to arrange for the provision of such facilities by any other person.

(3) Subject to any directions given by the Secretary of State under regulation 4 below, a harbour authority in respect of its harbour, except any part thereof which is a terminal managed separately by a terminal operator, and a terminal operator in respect of its terminal shall ensure that—

(i) if the harbour or terminal has reception facilities for garbage from ships, those facilities are adequate, or

(ii) if the harbour or terminal has no such facilities, adequate facilities are provided.

(4) A harbour authority or terminal operator shall provide the Secretary of State with such information as he directs in respect of any reception facilities for garbage from ships provided by it or by arrangement with it at its harbour or its terminal as the case may be.