Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Pollution) Act 1994

3 Amendments as to powers of implementation

(1) Section 20 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (power by Order in Council to implement international conventions relating to pollution from ships, etc) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3)(a), in the list of enactments there specified, after the entry for the [1970 c. 36.] Merchant Shipping Act 1970, there shall be inserted the following entry— “section 33 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (which relates to investigations of marine accidents);

(3) In subsection (4), after paragraph (a), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(aa) make provision in terms of any document which the Secretary of State or any person considers relevant from time to time;”.

(4) After subsection (4), there shall be inserted the following subsections—

“(4A) Where an Order in Council under subsection (1) of this section authorises the making of regulations for the purpose of giving effect to an agreement mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (cc) or falling within paragraph (d) of that subsection the Order also authorises the making of regulations for the purpose of giving effect to an agreement which provides for the modification of such an agreement.

This subsection applies in relation to Orders in Council and international agreements whenever made.

(4B) Regulations made by virtue of paragraph (e) of subsection (4) of this section—

(a) may make provision corresponding to the provision authorised for an Order by paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (4) of this section; and

(b) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”