The Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Harmful Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

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1. Introductory Text

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   PART 1 Preliminary

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and extent

   2. 2. Amendments and revocations

   3. 3. Interpretation

   4. 4. General application

   5. 5. Ambulatory reference

   6. 6. Exemptions

   7. 7. Equivalents

   8. 8. Approvals

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   PART 2 Requirements for the carriage of dangerous goods and harmful substances in packaged form

   1. 9. Application

   2. 10. Requirements in relation to ships

   3. 11. Requirements in relation to owners and masters

   4. 12. Requirements in relation to shippers and forwarders

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   PART 3 Requirements for the carriage of dangerous goods in solid form in bulk

   1. 13. Application

   2. 14. Requirements in relation to ships

   3. 15. Requirements in relation to masters

   4. 16. Requirements in relation to shippers

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   PART 4 Requirements for the construction and equipment of ships carrying dangerous liquid chemicals in bulk

   1. 17. Application

   2. 18. Repairs, alterations, modifications and outfitting

   3. 19. Compliance with requirements

   4. 20. International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk

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   PART 5 Requirements for the construction and equipment of ships carrying liquefied gases in bulk

   1. 21. Application

   2. 22. Repairs, alterations, modifications and outfitting

   3. 23. Compliance with requirements

   4. 24. International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases in Bulk

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   PART 6 Requirements for the carriage of packaged irradiated nuclear fuel, plutonium and high-level radioactive wastes on board ships

   1. 25. Application

   2. 26. Compliance with requirements

   3. 27. International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of INF Cargo

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   PART 7 Reporting of incidents

   1. 28. Reporting requirements: general

   2. 29. Reporting requirements: pollution incidents

   3. 30. Reporting requirements: sightings of polluting substances

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   PART 8 Control and enforcement

   1. 31. Offences and penalties: owner and master

   2. 32. Offences and penalties: shipper and forwarder

   3. 33. Detention

   4. 34. Review of the Regulations

10. Signature

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       SCHEDULE 1

       Amendments

       1. 1. The Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods and Marine Pollutants) Regulations 1997

       2. 2. In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “United Kingdom...

       3. 3. In regulation 5(2) (application), omit “and to other ships while...

       4. 4. The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection: Small Ships) Regulations 1998

       5. 5. In regulation 1(2)— (a) for the definition of “Code for...

       6. 6. The Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) Order 2007

       7. 7. In the Schedule, in Part 2, in the section “Marine...

       8. 8. The Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) Order 2017

       9. 9. In the Schedule, in Part 3, in the section “Marine...

       10. 10. The Merchant Shipping Fees Regulations 2018

       11. 11. In Schedule 1 (fees under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995),...

       12. 12. The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 2019

       13. 13. In regulation 34(3)(a), for “the Merchant Shipping (Reporting Requirements for...

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       SCHEDULE 2

       Revocations

12. Explanatory Note