The Merchant Shipping (Reporting Requirements for Ships Carrying Dangerous or Polluting Goods) Regulations 1995

Notification by ships carrying dangerous or polluting goods

5.—(1) (a) Subject to paragraph (3) below, the operator of a ship carrying dangerous goods or polluting goods shall before its departure from a port in the United Kingdom notify all information listed in Schedule 1 to Merchant Shipping Notice M 1630 to the competent authority in accordance with the Notice.

(b) The operator of a United Kingdom ship before leaving a Community port outside the United Kingdom carrying dangerous or polluting goods shall notify all information listed in Schedule 1 to Merchant Shipping Notice M 1630 to the competent authority of the State in which the port is situated.

(c) (i) The operator of a United Kingdom ship shall, before leaving a port outside the European Community carrying goods classified as dangerous or polluting in the IMDG Code arrange for a copy of the information listed in Schedule 1 to the said Notice to be kept on shore, and it shall be the duty of the operator to retain it there until the goods are discharged from the ship or for a period of six months from loading whichever period is shorter.

(ii) It shall be the duty of the operator to furnish on demand to the competent authority of the State in which the port is situated that information.

(2) Without prejudice to the requirement in paragraph (1), the shipper shall give prior notification of each shipment of radioactive materials in accordance with the requirements in the IMDG Code for Class 7 goods.

(3) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply to any ship engaged on a regular scheduled service of less than 1 hour’s sailing which the Secretary of State has exempted (or on such a service of such longer period as the Secretary of State with the consent of the Commission of the European Community may allow), in accordance with Merchant Shipping Notice M 1630.