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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-port-state-control-regulations-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348280098",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-port-state-control-regulations-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under paragraphs 2(1) to (3) and 5(1) of Schedule 5 to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28), for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nRETAINED EU LAW REFORM\nMERCHANT SHIPPING\nMade ***\nComing into force\nThe Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—\n(a) article 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Order 1983;\n(b) article 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Order 1987;\n(c) article 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Order 1990;\n(d) article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 1996;\n(e) article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution) (SOLAS) Order 1998;\n(f) articles 2 and 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Order 2006;\n(g) articles 3 to 5 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage and Garbage) Order 2006;\n(h) articles 3 and 4 to the Merchant Shipping (Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments) Order 2022;\n(i) articles 3 and 4 to the Merchant Shipping (Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships) Order 2022;\n(j) sections 85(1), (3), (6) and (7), 86(1)(a) to (d), 128(5) and (6), 302(1) and 306A of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”);\n(k) sections 14(2), (4)(b), (c) and (e) and 20(1)(a) and (b) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (“the 2023 Act”).\nThe Secretary of State is the relevant national authority for the purposes of section 14(2) of the 2023 Act.\nIn accordance with paragraphs 2(1) to (3) and 5(1) of Schedule 5 to the 2023 Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.\nIn accordance with section 86(4) of the 1995 Act the Secretary of State has consulted the persons referred to in that section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1983/1106; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1985/2002, 1991/2885 and 1993/1580."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/470 amended by S.I. 1990/2595; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1990/2595."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/282; relevant amending instruments are the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), Schedule 4, paragraph 3, and S.I. 2022/844."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/1500."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/1248."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/2950, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "S.I. 2022/629."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "S.I. 2022/1334."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "1995 c. 21. Section 85(1) was amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28) (the “1997 Act”), section 8(2). Section 85(3) was amended by the 1997 Act, section 8(4). Section 128(5) was amended by the Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006 (c. 8), section 2(3). Section 306A was inserted by the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), section 106."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "2023 c. 28."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "The term “relevant national authority” is defined in section 21(1) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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