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Statutory Instruments
Merchant Shipping
Made
12th December 2016
Laid before Parliament
21st December 2016
Coming into force
13th January 2017
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) and sections 130A(1) and (2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(2).
The Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to maritime transport(3) and the environment(4).
In so far as these Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 130A of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, the Secretary of State has taken into account the need to give effect to the provisions referred to in subsection (2) of that section, and has consulted with the organisations referred to in section 306(4) of that Act(5).
1972 c.68. Section 2 was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).
1995 c.21. Section 130A was inserted by section 5 of the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c.28).
Section 306 was amended by paragraph 18 of Schedule 6 to the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c.28).
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