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The Merchant Shipping (Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments) Regulations 2022

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4.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), these Regulations apply to—

(a)a United Kingdom ship wherever it may be; and

(b)any other ship while it is in United Kingdom waters or controlled waters.

(2) These Regulations do not apply to—

(a)a ship which is not designed or constructed to carry ballast water;

(b)a ship which operates only in waters under the jurisdiction of a single Contracting State;

(c)a ship which operates only in waters under the jurisdiction of a single Contracting State and on the high seas;

(d)a warship, naval auxiliary or other ship owned or operated by a State and used only in government, non-commercial service; and

(e)a ship which carries permanent ballast water in sealed tanks, which is not subject to discharge.

(3) Part 4 (sediment reception facilities) applies to any shipyard within a harbour in the United Kingdom in which—

(a)the cleaning or repair of ballast water tanks occurs; and

(b)the ballast water tanks in question are those of ships to which these Regulations apply.

(4) In paragraph (2) “the jurisdiction of a single Contracting State” means, in the case of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom waters or controlled waters.

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