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The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
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2024 No. 1296
Merchant Shipping
Marine Pollution
The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Made
9th December 2024
Laid before Parliament
12th December 2024
Coming into force
3rd January 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by article 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Order 1983(1), article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 1996(2), sections 85(1), (3), (5) to (7), 86(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d), 128(5) and (6), 302(1) and 306A of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(3), and with the consent of the Treasury.
The Secretary of State has consulted such persons in the United Kingdom as the Secretary of State considers will be affected by the exercise of powers in this instrument in accordance with section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.
(1)
S.I. 1983/1106, amended by S.I. 1985/2002, S.I. 1991/2885 and S.I. 1993/1580. There are other amendments but none is relevant. Following the consolidation of section 20 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39), the Order has effect as if made under section 128 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21).
(2)
S.I. 1996/282, amended by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), Schedule 4, Part 1, paragraph 3 and S.I. 2022/844. There is another amendment which is not relevant.
(3)
1995 c. 21. Sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), sections 8 and 29(2) and Schedule 7. Section 85 was amended by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), section 2(3). Section 128 was amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), section 12, section 29, Schedule 6, paragraph 3, and Schedule 7, Part I, and the Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006 (c. 8), section 2. Section 306A was inserted by the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), section 106. There are other amendments to the Act but none is relevant.
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