# The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 2008, Paragraph 7: Permission to use emission abatement methods


(1) The Secretary of State may on application in writing by the owner of a ship grant permission for the ship to use emission abatement methods while paragraph 3 ... applies to it.
(2) A permission under sub-paragraph (1) is valid only if it is in writing.
(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (5), a permission under sub-paragraph (1) may—
(a) include such conditions as the Secretary of State believes appropriate, and
(b) be varied or revoked at any time by the Secretary of State giving written notice to the owner.
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(5) Any permission granted under sub-paragraph (1) is subject to the following conditions—
(a) emission reductions must be continuously achieved which are at least equivalent to those which would have been achieved by the use of fuel oil which complied with paragraph 2(2)(a), 3(3) or 4(3) as applicable,
(b) the ship must be fitted with continuous emission monitoring equipment, and
(c) there must be a record that thoroughly documents that any waste streams discharged into enclosed ports, harbours and estuaries have no impact on the ecosystems of those ports, harbours and estuaries based on any criteria communicated by the authorities of port States to the IMO.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2924/schedule/2A/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-air-pollution-from-ships-regulations-2008/schedule-2A/paragraph-7
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