{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-control-of-pollution-by-noxious-liquid-substances-in-bulk-regulations-1987/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-control-of-pollution-by-noxious-liquid-substances-in-bulk-regulations-1987/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/551",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-control-of-pollution-by-noxious-liquid-substances-in-bulk-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Category B—tank washing in Special Areas",
  "text": "Where a Category B substance is unloaded at a port in a Special Area, every tank from which such substance has been unloaded shall be pre-washed and the resulting tank washings shall be discharged into a reception facility at the port of unloading unless—\n(a) unloading was carried out as required by regulation 7 or to the satisfaction of a Marpol surveyor, and\n(b) the substance is not a high residue substance, and\n(c) the residues are to be retained on board for discharge outside a Special Area.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/551/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:28:56.299532+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}