Paragraph 18 Amendments to the Merchant Shipping (Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments) Regulations 2022
The Merchant Shipping (Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments) Regulations 2022 are amended as follows.
In regulation 2 (interpretation), omit the definition of “BWMS Type Approval Certificate”.
In regulation 16 (approval of ballast water management systems)—
in paragraph (1), for “a BWMS Type Approval Certificate issued under regulation 18 (grant of approval: obligations of nominated bodies)” substitute “a type approval certificate issued under regulation 16 of the Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2025”;
In paragraph (2), for “BWMS Type Approval Certificate” substitute “type approval certificate referred to in paragraph (1)”.
Omit regulations 15 (designation of nominated bodies), 17 (application for grant of type approval), 18 (grant of type approval: obligations of nominated bodies) and 19 (duration, suspension and withdrawal of BWMS Type Approval Certificates).