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MARINE POLLUTION

Made 9th May 2006

Laid before Parliament 19th May 2006

Coming into force 12th June 2006

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 9th day of May 2006

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

This Order is made only for the purpose of giving effect to the Protocol of 1997^f1 to amend the Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973^f2, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto ^f3 (which added to that Convention Annex VI containing regulations for the prevention of air pollution from ships).

Accordingly, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 128(1) (da), (3) and (4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995^f4, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:

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f1: Miscellaneous No. 29 (1999) Cmnd 4427.
f2: Miscellaneous No. 26 (1974) Cmnd 5748.
f3: Miscellaneous No. 27 (1978) Cmnd 7347.
f4: 1995 c. 21; section 128 was amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), sections 12 and 29 and Schedule 6, paragraph 3, and paragraph (da) was inserted into section 128(1), and other amendments were made to section 128, by section 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006 (c. 8).