Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 1987.
They bring into effect amendments to MARPOL Annex II which were adopted on 30th October 1992 by Resolution MEPC 57(33) by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization (“IMO”).
The adopted amendments mainly—
mean that the substances to which the requirements of MARPOL Annex II apply are now identified solely by reference to the IBC Code, Chapters 17 and 18.
include the Antarctic as a special area for Annex II.
Copies of MARPOL 1973/78 as amended, and of the MEPC Resolution are obtainable from the International Maritime Organization, 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR.