2020 No. 621

Marine Pollution

The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2020
Made
29th June 2020
Laid before Parliament
30th June 2020
Coming into force
22nd July 2020
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by articles 4, 5 and 6 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage and Garbage) Order 2006 , articles 2(1), (2)(a) to (g), (3) and 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 1996 and sections 128(5), 128(6) and 306A of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 makes the following Regulations.
S.I. 2006/2950.
S.I. 1996/282.
1995 c.21; there are amendments to section 128 which are not relevant to these Regulations. Section 306A was inserted by the Deregulation Act 2015 (c.20), section 106.
Regulations extended (with modifications) (16.10.2025) by S.I. 1989/1350, art. 3 (as amended by The Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1094), arts. 1(2), 2(3)(e)(f))