# The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2020, Regulation 9: Declaration regarding solid bulk cargoes

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

(1) A shipper of solid bulk cargo on a ship to which these Regulations apply must make a declaration to the owner or master in the form specified in section 4.2.3 of the IMSBC Code as to whether the solid bulk cargo is harmful to the marine environment in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) The shipper must declare solid bulk cargo to be harmful to the marine environment if it falls within one or more of the parameters listed in Appendix I of Annex V (criteria for the classification of solid bulk cargoes).
(3) Where the shipper does not deliver the cargo to the ship or its agent—
(a) the shipper must provide the forwarder with the declaration; and
(b) the forwarder must provide the owner or master with the declaration.
(4) In this regulation—
(a) “forwarder” means a person who receives a declaration under this regulation in preparation for eventual delivery of the cargo to the ship or its agent, and may include a cargo packer or consolidator;
(b) “shipper” means any person who, whether as principal or agent for another, consigns solid bulk cargoes for carriage by sea; and
(c) “solid bulk cargoes”—
(i) has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of regulation 1-1 of Chapter VI of SOLAS; and
(ii) does not include grain.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/621/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-by-garbage-from-ships-regulations-2020/regulation-9
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