2024 No. 636
The Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Harmful Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(1), (2), (3)(a), (5) and (6) of, and paragraphs 3, 4 and 14 of Schedule 3 to, the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 19741, article 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Order 19832, articles 3 and 5 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Order 19873, article 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Order 19904, article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 19965, article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution) (SOLAS) Order 19986 and sections 85(1), (3) and (5) to (7), 86(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d), 128(5) and (6), 302(1) and 306A of the Merchant Shipping Act 19957.
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, and the Health and Safety Executive, the Office of Nuclear Regulation and other bodies as appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate in accordance with section 50(1) and (1AA) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
These Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury in so far as is required under section 302(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.