# The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2020, Regulation 12: Garbage record keeping

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This regulation and regulation 13 (entries in garbage record books) apply to a ship which—
(a) is of 100 GT or above;
(b) carries 15 or more persons and is engaged in voyages to ports or offshore terminals under the jurisdiction of a party to the Convention other than the ship’s flag State; or
(c) is a fixed or floating platform.
(2) A ship to which this regulation applies must be provided with a garbage record book in—
(a) the format specified in regulation 10.3 of Annex V (garbage record books); and
(b) the form specified in Appendix II to Annex V (form of garbage record book).
(3) The garbage record book and receipts obtained from reception facilities must be—
(a) kept on board the ship to which they relate and in such a place as to be readily available for inspection at all reasonable times; and
(b) preserved for a period of at least two years after the last entry has been made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/621/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-by-garbage-from-ships-regulations-2020/regulation-12
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.