{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-by-garbage-regulations-1998/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-by-garbage-regulations-1998/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1377",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-prevention-of-pollution-by-garbage-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Garbage Management Plan",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to—\n(a) every ship of 400 tons gross tonnage or above;\n(b) every ship which is certified to carry 15 persons or more; and\n(c) every fixed or floating installation.\n(2) Any ship or installation to which this regulation applies shall carry a garbage management plan which shall—\n(a) provide written procedures for collecting, storing, processing and disposing of garbage, including the use of equipment on board;\n(b) designate the person in charge of carrying out the plan;\n(c) be in accordance with the guidelines developed by the Organisation and set out in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN No. 1720; and\n(d) be in the working language of the crew.\n(3) The crew of a ship or installation which is required to carry a garbage management plan under paragraph (2) above shall follow that plan.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1377/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:27:51.914453+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."
}