The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

5.  In sub—paragraph (d) of regulation 15(3), the following shall be substituted for the second sentence—

A manually operated alternative system shall be provided and may be used in the event of such a failure, but the defective unit shall be made operable as soon as possible.If a tanker with a defective unit is within the United Kingdom or the territorial waters thereof, the Secretary of State may allow the tanker to undertake one ballast voyage before proceeding to a repair port..