The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

2.  In regulation 2 (interpretation) in paragraph (1)—

(a) for the definition of “fuel oil” substitute—

““fuel oil” means marine fuel as defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2A and such other substances as may be specified by the Secretary of State in a Merchant Shipping Notice;”;

(b) after the definition of “new installation” insert—

““North Sea sulphur oxide emission control area” means all sea areas within the following boundaries including the North Sea proper and the English Channel and its approaches—

(a) the North Sea southwards of latitude 62° N and eastwards of longitude 4° W,

(b) the Skagerrak, the southern limit of which is determined east of the Skaw by latitude 57°44’.8 N, and

(c) the English Channel and its approaches eastwards of longitude 5° W and northwards of latitude 48°30’ N;”;

(c) for the definition of “short voyage” substitute—

““short voyage” means a voyage which—

(a) does not exceed 1000 nautical miles between the last port of call in the country in which the voyage begins and the last port of call in the voyage before beginning any return voyage, and

(b) on any return voyage does not exceed 1000 nautical miles between the port of call in which the ship begins its return voyage and the first port of call in the country in which the voyage began,

and for the purposes of this definition, no account is to be taken of any deviation by a ship from its intended voyage due solely to stress of weather or any other circumstances that neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer (if any) of the ship could have prevented or forestalled;”;

(d) for the definition of “sulphur oxide emission control area” substitute—

““sulphur oxide emission control area” means—

(a) the Baltic Sea proper with the Gulf of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland and the entrance to the Baltic Sea bounded by the parallel of the Skaw in the Skagerrak at latitude 57°44’.8 N;

(b) the North Sea sulphur oxide emission control area; and

(c) any other sea area, including a port area, designated as a sulphur oxide emission control area for the purposes of these Regulations by the Secretary of State in a Merchant Shipping Notice;”; and

(e) after the definition of “UKAPP certificate” add—

““warship” means a ship belonging to the armed forces of a State bearing the external marks distinguishing such ships of its nationality, under the command of an officer duly commissioned by the government of the State and whose name appears in the appropriate service list or its equivalent, and the crew of which is under regular armed forces  discipline”.