http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/011065904X/article/1

The Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution) (SOLAS) Order 1998

Pollution

Water pollution

Waste policies and regulation

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2013-10-01

MARINE POLLUTION

1998-07-01

This Order enables regulations to be made to give effect to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea Convention 1974 (and its Protocol of 1978, and amendments) (“SOLAS”) so far as the Convention relates to the prevention, reduction or control of pollution of the sea or other waters by waste matter from ships. (The Convention relates primarily to safety, but recent amendments also contain provisions for the protection of the environment.)