{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-by-garbage-from-ships-regulations-2020/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-by-garbage-from-ships-regulations-2020/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/621",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-by-garbage-from-ships-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Right of appeal and compensation",
  "text": "(1) Regulations 20 (arbitration) and 21 (compensation for unjustified detention) of the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2026 apply in relation to the exercise of the power of detention under these Regulations as they apply in relation to the exercise of those powers under ... those Regulations, subject to the modifications referred to in paragraph (2).\n(2) The modifications are—\n(a) references to “inspector” are to be taken as references to the authority detaining the ship, or the harbour master, as the case may be;\n(b) references to—\n(i) “issue of a refusal of access notice”;\n(ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(iii) “refusal of access notice”;\n(iv) “served with a refusal of access notice”; and\n(v) “service of a refusal of access notice”,\nare omitted; and\n(c) in regulation 21(3) after “State” there is added “, except where the ship is detained by a harbour master, in which case any compensation awarded under this section must be paid by the harbour authority.”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(1) substituted (23.6.2026) by The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/563), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 20(1) substituted (23.6.2026) by The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/563), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 20(1) omitted (23.6.2026) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/563), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 20(2)(b)(ii) omitted (23.6.2026) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/563), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in reg. 20(2)(c) substituted (23.6.2026) by The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/563), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 20 in force at 22.7.2020, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/621/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:29:14.694423+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}