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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.
(2) They come into force on 31st March 2012.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 1 in force at 31.3.2012, see reg. 1(2)
2.—(1) After regulation 1(4) of the Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) Regulations 2010(1), insert—
“(5) These Regulations cease to have effect at the end of the period of seven years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.
1A.—(1) Before the end of the review period, the Secretary of State must—
(a)carry out a review these Regulations;
(b)set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and
(c)publish the report.
(2) The report must in particular—
(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by these Regulations;
(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and
(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.
(3) “Review period” means the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.”
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 2 in force at 31.3.2012, see reg. 1(2)
3.—(1) The Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) Regulations 2010 are amended as follows.
(2) After regulation 1(3), insert—
“(3A) Regulation 5A(2) comes into force on 1st April 2012”.
(3) In regulation 2—
(a)in paragraph (b) of the definition of “lightening operation”, for “at the direction” substitute “with the prior consent”;
(b)for paragraph (c) of that definition substitute—
“(c)in order to reduce the draught of the ship transferring the cargo, to enable it to move to shallower waters in a harbour authority area;”;
(c)after the definition of “lightening operation” insert—
““Merchant Shipping Notice” means a notice described as such and issued by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, an executive agency of the Department for Transport, and any reference to a particular Merchant Shipping Notice includes a reference to that Merchant Shipping Notice as revised or reissued from time to time;”.
(4) In regulation 3—
(a)for paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) Subject to paragraph (3) and regulation 6, a cargo transfer must not be carried out in United Kingdom waters unless—
(a)the ships carrying out the transfer are within harbour authority waters; or
(b)the ships carrying out the cargo transfer are within the permit area, and a permit has been obtained from the Secretary of State in accordance with the procedure set out in Merchant Shipping Notice 1829 .”;
(b)after paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (5) and regulation 6, a bunkering operation must not be carried out in United Kingdom waters unless the ships carrying out the operation are within harbour authority waters.”;
(c)in paragraph (3), for “Paragraphs (1) and (2)” substitute “Paragraphs (1), (2) and (2A)”;
(d)after paragraph (4) insert—
“(5) Paragraph (2A) does not apply to a bunkering operation between a ship and its rescue boat or tender.
(6) In this regulation—
“permit area” means the area of sea off Southwold in Suffolk defined by a circle of radius 1.5 nautical miles centred on position 52° 16’N. 01° 57.3’E;
“rescue boat” means a ship designed or used to rescue persons in distress and to marshal life rafts.”.
(5) After regulation 5, insert—
5A.—(1) A cargo transfer to or from a ship with a gross tonnage of 150 tons or more must not be carried out in United Kingdom waters or in the Pollution Control Zone unless a ship-to-ship transfer operations plan has been approved by the ship’s flag State.
(2) A cargo transfer to or from such a ship must not be carried out in the Pollution Control Zone unless the Secretary of State has been notified in accordance with the procedure specified in Merchant Shipping Notice 1829.
(3) A cargo transfer to or from such a ship in United Kingdom waters or in the Pollution Control Zone must be carried out in compliance with its ship-to-ship transfer operations plan.
(4) In this regulation—
“flag State”, in relation to a ship, means the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly;
“Pollution Control Zone” means the areas of sea defined in the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 1996(2); and
“ship-to-ship transfer operations plan” means a document which—
is in the working language of the ship to which it relates; and
sets out how cargo transfer operations should be conducted, based on best practice guidelines identified by the International Maritime Organization.
(5) For the purposes of this regulation, gross tonnage is to be determined in accordance with Schedule 3.”.
(6) In regulation 8, for “1st October 2010” (twice occurring) substitute “1st April 2012”.
(7) After Schedule 2, insert the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Commencement Information
I3Reg. 3 in force at 31.3.2012, see reg. 1(2)
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Mike Penning
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
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