Version Superseded: 21/07/2022
Point in time view as at 12/03/2015. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Merchant Shipping Act 1995, Section 129 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such provision as She considers appropriate for the purpose of giving effect to any provision of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (Cmnd 8941) for the protection and preservation of the marine environment from pollution by matter from ships.
(2)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, an Order under that subsection may in particular include provision—
(a)corresponding to any provision that is authorised for the purposes of section 128 by subsections (3) and (4) of that section; and
(b)specifying areas of sea above any of the areas for the time being designated under section 1(7) of the M1Continental Shelf Act 1964 as waters within which the jurisdiction and rights of the United Kingdom are exercisable in accordance with Part XII of that Convention for the protection and preservation of the marine environment;
and provision authorising the making of regulations authorises the amendment or revocation of regulations made by virtue of paragraph (f) of the said subsection (4).
(3)A draft of an Order in Council proposed to be made by virtue of subsection (1) above shall not be submitted to Her Majesty in Council unless the draft has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
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