The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from Ships) Regulations 2020

Ambulatory reference U.K.

4.—(1) Any reference in these Regulations to the Convention, an Annex to the Convention or to the Polar Code is to be construed—

(a) as a reference to the Convention, an Annex to the Convention or the Polar Code as modified from time to time; and

(b) as, if the Convention, an Annex to the Convention or the Polar Code are replaced, a reference to that replacement.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the Convention, an Annex to the Convention or the Polar Code are modified or replaced if a modification or replacement takes effect in accordance with Article 16 (Amendments) of the Convention.

(3) A modification or amendment of the Convention, an Annex to the Convention or the Polar Code has effect at the time such modification or replacement comes into force in accordance with Article 16 (Amendments) of the Convention.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 4 in force at 22.7.2020, see reg. 1(2)