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Statutory Instruments
MARINE POLLUTION
Made
21st December 1988
Laid before Parliament
22nd December 1988
Coming into force
23rd December 1988
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of December 1988 Present, The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council Whereas by virtue of section 20(1)(a) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979(1) (“the Act of 1979”) Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such provision as She considers appropriate for the purpose of giving effect to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (including its protocols, annexes and appendices) which constitutes attachment 1 to the final act of the International Conference on Marine Pollution signed in London on 2nd November 1973 (“the Convention”):
And whereas Annex V to the Convention comes into force internationally on 31st December 1988:
And whereas this Order is made only for the purpose of giving effect to the Convention:
Now therefore Her Majesty in exercise of the powers conferred by section 20(1)(a), (3) and (4) of the Act of 1979(2) and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
Section 20(3) was amended and paragraphs (f) and (fa) substituted by section 49(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48).
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