The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2011

Prohibition on detained ships requiring repair from entering portU.K.

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17.—(1) A ship which falls within paragraph (2) and proceeds to sea from any port or anchorage in any Member State—

(a)without complying with the conditions determined by the competent authority of the Member State in the port of inspection; or

(b)without calling into the indicated repair yard;

must not enter any port or anchorage within the United Kingdom until the owner has provided evidence to the satisfaction of the competent authority referred to in sub-paragraph (a) that the ship fully complies with all applicable requirements of the Conventions [F1and the EU Ship Recycling Regulation].

(2) A ship falls within this paragraph if it—

(a)was detained in a port in a Member State after an inspection revealed deficiencies clearly hazardous to safety, health or the environment; or

(b)was so detained and was allowed by the competent authority of the Member State to proceed to the appropriate repair yard nearest to the port of detention.

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