Introductory text

Marine Pollution

Made 21st March 2010

Laid before Parliament 24th March 2010

Coming into force 20th April 2010

The Secretary of State is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972^f1 in relation to the environment ^f2 and maritime transport ^f3.

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act, articles 2 and 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Order 2006^f4, article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution)(Law of the Sea Convention) Order 1996^f5 and section 128(5) and (6) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995^f6.

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Footnotes

f1: 1972 c.68, was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and section 3 of the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).
f2: S.I. 2008/301.
f3: S.I. 1994/757.
f4: S.I. 2006/1248.
f5: S.I. 1996/282.
f6: 1995 c.21; section 128 was amended by section 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006 (c.8) and there are other amendments to section 128 which are not relevant to these Regulations. In relation to section 128(6), these Regulations are “Regulations made by virtue of paragraph (f) of subsection (4)” of section 128, since they are made under S.I. 2006/1248, which pursuant to section 128(4)(f) authorises the making of regulations.