The Merchant Shipping (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements) Regulations 2004 No. 2110

SCHEDULE 1 Amendments to the Merchant Shipping (Reporting Requirements for Ships Carrying Dangerous or Polluting Goods) Regulations 1995

4.  For regulation 5 there shall be substituted the following regulation—

“5.— (1) This regulation applies to a United Kingdom ship irrespective of size.

(2) Before a United Kingdom ship which is—

(a) bound for a port which is not located in an EEA State; and

(b) carrying dangerous goods or harmful substances in packaged form,

leaves a port which is not located in an EEA State, the operator of that ship shall comply with the requirements of paragraphs 4.2 and 4.3 of Merchant Shipping Notice 1784(M).

(3) In this regulation, “EEA State” means a member State, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.”.