{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-port-waste-reception-facilities-regulations-1997/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/3018",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Port Waste Reception Facilities) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-port-waste-reception-facilities-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Requirement on a harbour authority to prepare a waste management plan",
  "text": "(1) Without prejudice to regulation 4(1), every harbour authority in respect of a harbour to which these Regulations apply shall prepare a waste management plan with respect to the provision and use of facilities for the reception of prescribed wastes from ships using the harbour.\n(2) In preparing a waste management plan for the purposes of paragraph (1) above a harbour authority shall—\n(a) consult such persons as the Secretary of State may prescribe in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1709 or in a particular case direct; and\n(b) comply with the other requirements specified in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1709.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3018/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:40:17.761685+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."
}