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1. These Regulations consolidate the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 1983 and subsequent amendments.
2. Technical details are now included in a Merchant Shipping Notice (No. 1643/MARPOL 1).
3. In addition the Regulations include a number of new provisions:
(a)the Regulations incorporate the most recent amendments to Annex I of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution by Sea 1973, as amended by the Protocol of 1978 to that Convention (MARPOL), which were adopted at the 36th session of the Marine Environmental Committee (MEPC) to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in November 1994. The amendements which enter into force on 3 March 1996 provide a legal basis for port states to carry out inspections of shipboard operational procedures (regulation 34(1)(b) and (c)).
(b)Certain extensions permitted by the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention 1982 (Cmnd 8941) are introduced, in particular—
(i)discharges by non-United Kingdom ships into the United Kingdom’s controlled waters beyond the territorial sea and, subject to certain restrictions on institution of proceedings contained in regulation 38, elsewhere, are prohibited; but
(ii)where proceedings for a discharge of type mentioned in paragraph (i) are instituted, they may be suspended if the flag state institutes proceedings (regulation 39);
Merchant Shipping Notices referred to in the Regulations may be obtained from Eros Marketing Support Services Ltd,, Unit B, Imber Court Trading Estate, Orchard Lane, East Molesley, Surrey KT8 0BN. The MARPOL Convention and Protocol, and amendments and resolutions and other publications of IMO and MEPC referred to in regulation 1(2) can be obtained from IMO, 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 75R.
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