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The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 2019

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2019 No. 42

Merchant Shipping

Marine Pollution

The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 2019

Made

28th January 2019

Laid before Parliament

1st February 2019

Coming into force

1st March 2019

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by article 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Order 1983(1), article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 1996(2) and sections 85(1), (1A), (1B), (3), (5) to (7), 86(1), 302(1) and 306A of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(3).

The Secretary of State has consulted such persons in the United Kingdom as the Secretary of State considers will be affected by the exercise of powers in this instrument in accordance with section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.

These Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury in so far as is required under section 302(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.

(1)

S.I. 1983/1106. Following the consolidation of section 20(1), (3) and (4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39), S.I. 1983/1106 has effect as if made under section 128(1), (3) and (4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21). The effect of the Order is extended by section 128(5) of that Act so as to authorise the making of regulations for the purpose of giving effect to agreements which modify the agreements described in section 128(1). Article 3 is amended by S.I. 1985/2002, S.I. 1991/2885 and S.I. 1993/1580.

(2)

S.I. 1996/282. Article 2 is amended by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), Schedule 4, Part 1, paragraph 3.

(3)

1995 c. 21. Sections 85 and 86 are amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), sections 8 and 29(2) and Schedule 7, Part 1. Section 85 is amended by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), section 2(3). Section 306A was inserted by the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), section 106. There are other amendments but none is relevant.

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