Regulation 2 Transitional provisionI1
United Kingdom
Except in circumstances determined by the Secretary of State, an IOPP or UKOPP certificate issued or endorsed by an appropriate Certifying Authority M1 under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 1996 M2 which is valid immediately before the day on which these Regulations come into force—
has effect on and after that date as if it were issued or endorsed under these Regulations; and
subject to the provisions of these Regulations, continues to be valid until the date of expiry of that certificate.
Annotations
Marginal citations
- M1
The terms “Certifying Authority”, “IOPP certificate” and “UKOPP certificate” are defined in regulation 3.
- M2
S.I. 1996/2154, amended by S.I. 1997/1910, S.I. 2000/483, S.I. 2004/303, S.I. 2004/2110, S.I. 2005/1916, S.I. 2009/1210, S.I. 2014/3306, S.I. 2015/664 and S.I. 2016/1025. The relevant provisions in these instruments are revoked by these Regulations.