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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/98",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-oil-pollution-amendment-regulations-1992",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This not is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 1983, to make ancillary provisions in connection with offences of discharge of oil in breach of regulations 12 (ships other than oil tankers and machinery space bilges of oil tankers), 13 (oil tankers) and 16 (methods for the prevention of oil pollution from ships operating in special areas).\nA new regulation 35 enables documents in connection with proceedings against shipowners who are foreign companies to be served on the master. Regulation 36 empowers a person appointed by the Secretary of state to detain ships in ports in the United Kingdom which are suspected of breaching regulations 12, 13 or 16 by discharging oil. The ship is to be released unless proceedings are started within seven days or security of £55,000 is put up, or proceedings are completed in seven days and any fine and costs paid.\nUnder regulation 37 a fine if unpaid can be met from the sale of the ship; and a fine can be used to recompense anyone incurring expense in removing the pollution.\nThese new provisions correspond to provisions inserted by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 into the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971, in connection with offences under section 2(2A) of that Act (discharge of oil from ships into waters on the landward side or the baseline of UK territorial sea).",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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