The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution from Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 2018 No. 68

PART 3 Operational Requirements

Prohibition on the carriage and discharge of unassessed liquid substances

26.—(1) The master of a ship must not enable that ship to—

(a) proceed to sea; or

(b) (if it is already at sea) remain at sea,

if it is carrying in bulk any liquid substance which has not been categorised, provisionally assessed or evaluated in accordance with regulation 6 of Annex II.

(2) The discharge into the sea from a ship of any liquid substance which has not been categorised, provisionally assessed or evaluated in accordance with regulation 6 of Annex II is prohibited.