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Regulation 3 Amendments to the 1995 Regulations

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(1)

Regulation 2(2) of the 1995 Regulations is amended as follows.

(2)

The definition of “controlled waters” shall be deleted.

(3)

In the definition of “incident” the words “or poses a threat to a member State’s coastline or related interest,” shall be deleted.

(4)

In the definition of “MARPOL” the words “as in force on 13th September 1993” shall be deleted.

(5)

For the definition of “noxious liquid substances” there shall be substituted the following—

  • ““noxious liquid substances” has the meaning given to it in MARPOL Annex II;”.

(6)

After the definition of “noxious liquid substances” there shall be inserted the following—

  • ““oil” means any oil, oily mixture, oil fuel or crude oil as these terms are defined in MARPOL Annex I;”.

(7)

In the definition of “polluting goods” the words “as defined in MARPOL Annex I, excluding the bunkers and ship’s stores” shall be deleted.

(8)

After the definition of “polluting goods” there shall be inserted the following—

  • ““pollution event” means a discharge, or threat of discharge, of polluting goods into the sea;”.

(9)

After the definition of “ship” there shall be inserted the following—

  • ““traditional ship” means an historical ship or a replica of an historical ship operated according to traditional principles of seamanship and technique, and for the purposes of this definition, a replica of an historical ship includes such replica designed to encourage and promote traditional skills and seamanship.”.