The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Port Waste Reception Facilities) Regulations 2003

Notification

11.—(1) The master of a ship bound for a harbour or terminal shall complete a notice in the form set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the information in the notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall be notified by the master to the harbour authority for the harbour or terminal in question—

(a) where it is known at which harbour or terminal the ship will be calling, at least 24 hours before the arrival of the ship;

(b) if the harbour or terminal at which the ship will be calling is not known until less than 24 hours before the arrival of the ship at that harbour or terminal, as soon as possible after the harbour or terminal is known; or

(c) where the duration of the voyage is less than 24 hours, at the latest upon departure from the previous port.

(3) Where a waste management plan approved by the Secretary of State pursuant to regulation 8(1) or prepared by him pursuant to regulation 9 specifies that in relation to a specified terminal the information in the notice referred to in paragraph (1) is to be notified to the terminal operator rather than the harbour authority, that information shall be notified by the master to the terminal operator for the terminal in question—

(a) where it is known that the ship will be calling at the terminal, at least 24 hours before the arrival of the ship;

(b) if it is not known that the ship will be calling at the terminal until less than 24 hours before the arrival of the ship, as soon as possible after it is known the ship will be calling at the terminal; or

(c) where the duration of the voyage is less than 24 hours, at the latest upon departure from the previous port.

(4) A copy of the notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall be retained on board the ship until at least the next port of call is reached.

(5) The master of a ship bound for a harbour or terminal in the United Kingdom shall—

(a) if the previous port of call of the ship was a port in a member State, and

(b) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency request it,

produce to the Agency, immediately on request, a copy of the notice retained in accordance with paragraph (4).

(6) The master of a United Kingdom ship calling at a port of another member State shall—

(a) if the previous port of call of the ship was a port in a member State, and

(b) the competent authority of that member State requests it,

produce to the competent authority, immediately on request, a copy of the notice retained in accordance with paragraph (4).