Introductory text

RETAINED EU LAW REFORM

MERCHANT SHIPPING

Made 15th December 2025

Coming into force 5th January 2026

The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—

(a)

sections 14(2), (3), (4)(b), (c) and (e) and 20(1)(b) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023^f1 (“the 2023 Act”);
(b)

sections 85(1), (3)(a), (d), (o), (p) and (q), (5) to (7), 86(1)(a), (b) and (d), 128(5) and (6), 302(1)(a) and (b) and 306A(1), (2) and (3) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995^f2 (“the 1995 Act”);
(c)

articles 3 and 4(a), (b)(ii), (c), (e) and (f) of the Merchant Shipping (Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments) Order 2022^f3; and
(d)

article 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Order 1983^f4.

The Secretary of State is a relevant national authority for the purposes of sections 14(2) and 14(3) of the 2023 Act^f5.

In 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.

In accordance with section 86(4) of the 1995 Act the Secretary of State has consulted the persons referred to in that section.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2023 c. 28.
f2: 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 306A was inserted by the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), section 106.
f3: S.I. 2022/629.
f4: S.I. 1983/1106; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1985/2002, 1991/2885 and 1993/1580.
f5: “Relevant national authority” is defined in section 21(1) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.