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30.—(1) An NLS ship of 150 gross tonnage or more must carry on board a Marine Pollution Emergency Plan which is in a form approved by the administration of the Contracting State in which the ship is registered.
(2) The Marine Pollution Emergency Plan must—
(a)be developed in accordance with the relevant Guidelines;
(b)be written in a working language or languages understood by the master and officers on board the ship; and
(c)contain, as a minimum, the information specified in regulation 17.2.1 to 17.2.4 of Annex II.
(3) In the case of an NLS ship to which regulation 37 of Annex I of the Convention M1 also applies, an approved Marine Pollution Emergency Plan may be combined with the approved Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan required by [F1regulation 34 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 2019].
(4) Where paragraph (3) applies the title of the combined plan must be “Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plan”.
(5) In this regulation “the relevant Guidelines” means the Guidelines for the Development of Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plans For Oil and/or Noxious Liquid Substances [F2in IMO] Resolution MEPC.85(44) M2, as adopted on 13th March 2000, and includes any amendment or replacement of those Guidelines which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time and which is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 30(3) substituted (1.3.2019) by The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/42), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 7 (with regs. 2, 5)
F2Words in reg. 30(5) substituted (3.8.2021) by The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution from Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk and Prevention of Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/818), regs. 1(1), 2(7)
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M1Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Oil.
M2A copy of the Guidelines may be obtained from the IMO Library.
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