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The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 2008
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[F1Control of sulphur oxide emissions: general provisions
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2.—[F2(1) This paragraph applies to any ship unless paragraph 4(3) or a permission granted under paragraph 6 or 7 applies to it.
(2) While a ship to which this paragraph applies is within [F3an] emission control area it must comply with at least one of the following conditions—
(a)the sulphur content of any fuel oil used on board the ship must not exceed F4... 0.10 per cent by mass F4...,
F5(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)an [F6emission abatement method] must be applied to ensure that the total emission of sulphur oxide from the ship, including both auxiliary and main propulsion engines, do not exceed the relevant amounts specified in paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to Merchant Shipping Notice 1819(M+F),
(d)any other technological method to limit sulphur oxide emissions must be used that has been—
(i)approved for the purposes of these Regulations by the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of a Merchant Shipping Notice, or
(ii)authorised for the purposes of Annex VI by a contracting government other than the United Kingdom.
[F7(3) A ship to which this paragraph applies must not use or carry for use fuel oil which has a sulphur content exceeding 0.50 per cent by mass without applying an emission abatement method.]
[F8(3A) Any emission abatement method applied to the use of fuel oil which has a sulphur content exceeding 3.5 per cent by mass must—
(a)comply with Article 8 of the 2016 Directive; and
(b)be operated in closed mode.]
(4) The master of any ship using separate fuel oils to comply with sub paragraph 2(a) must—
(a)allow sufficient time for the fuel oil service system to be fully flushed of all fuels containing sulphur exceeding [F90.10 per cent by mass prior to entry into an emission control zone], and
(b)record in accordance with paragraph 5 the details of any fuel changeover operation.]
(5) The master must ensure that waste streams from the use of an approved exhaust gas cleaning system F10... are not discharged into a port, harbour or estuary unless it is thoroughly documented that those waste streams will have no adverse impact on the ecosystems of the port, harbour or estuary.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2A inserted (20.4.2010) by The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/895), regs. 1, 2(3), Sch. 1
F2Sch. 2A para. 2(1)-(4) substituted (16.12.2014) by The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) and Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3076), regs. 1, 2(6)(b)
F3Word in Sch. 2A para. 2(2) substituted (22.10.2021) by The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1108), regs. 1(b), 2(16)(b)(i)(aa)
F4Words in Sch. 2A para. 2(2)(a) omitted (22.10.2021) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1108), regs. 1(b), 2(16)(b)(i)(bb)
F5Sch. 2A para. 2(2)(b) omitted (22.10.2021) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1108), regs. 1(b), 2(16)(b)(i)(cc)
F6Words in Sch. 2A para. 2(2)(c) substituted (22.10.2021) by The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1108), regs. 1(b), 2(16)(b)(i)(dd)
F7Sch. 2A para. 2(3) substituted (22.10.2021) by The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1108), regs. 1(b), 2(16)(b)(ii)
F8Sch. 2A para. 2(3A) inserted (22.10.2021) by The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1108), regs. 1(b), 2(16)(b)(iii)
F9Words in Sch. 2A para. 2(4)(a) substituted (22.10.2021) by The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1108), regs. 1(b), 2(16)(b)(iv)
F10Words in Sch. 2A para. 2(5) omitted (22.10.2021) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1108), regs. 1(b), 2(16)(b)(v)
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