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The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2020

Prohibition on the discharge of garbageU.K.

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

5.—(1) The discharge of garbage from a ship into the sea is prohibited except as provided in—

(a)regulation 4 of Annex V (discharge of garbage outside special areas);

(b)regulation 5 of Annex V (special requirements for discharge of garbage from fixed or floating platforms);

(c)regulation 6 of Annex V (discharge of garbage within special areas);

(d)section 5.2 (operational requirements) of chapter 5 of part II-A of the Polar Code (prevention of pollution by garbage from ships); and

(e)regulation 8 (exceptions).

(2) For the purposes of regulation 4.2 of Annex V and regulation 6.2 of Annex V (discharge of cleaning agents or additives) a substance will be “harmful to the marine environment” where it—

(a)falls within the definition of a “harmful substance” in regulation 1 of Annex III to the Convention(1); and

(b)contains any components which are known to be carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 5 in force at 22.7.2020, see reg. 1(2)

(1)

Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Harmful Substances Carried by Sea in Packaged Form. Annex III to the MARPOL Convention was revised and replaced by IMO Resolution MEPC.193(61) and further amended by MEPC.246(66) and MEPC.257(67). MARPOL was published in Cmnd. 5748, and amended by the Protocols of 1978 (Cmnd. 7347) and 1997 (Cm. 4427). Hard copies of the Command Papers are available for inspection free of charge but by appointment at the Parliamentary Archives, Houses of Parliament, London SW1A 0PW. The Parliamentary Archives catalogue numbers are as follows: HL/PO/JO/10/11/1853/505 (Cmnd. 5748), HL/PO/JO/10/11/1959/2033 (Cmnd. 7347) and HL/PO/JO/10/11/3156/2285 (Cm. 4427). The MEPC Resolutions may be obtained from the IMO Library of 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR.