The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage) Regulations 1998

Disposal of Garbage within Special Areas

6.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, the disposal of any garbage from a ship into the sea within any Special Area is prohibited.

(2) The disposal of food wastes from a ship into the sea within any Special Area except the Antarctic area is permitted if the disposal is made a far as practicable, and in any case not less than 12 miles, from the nearest land.