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MARINE POLLUTION

Made 14th November 2006

Laid before Parliament 21st November 2006

Coming into force 12th December 2006

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of November 2006

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

This Order is made only for the purpose of giving effect to Annexes IV and V to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (including its protocols, annexes and appendices) which constitutes attachment 1 to the final act of the International Conference on Marine Pollution signed in London on 2nd November 1973 (“the Convention”)^f1.

Accordingly, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 128(1)(a), (3) and (4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995^f2, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:

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f1: Cmnd 5748.
f2: 1995 c. 21; section 128 was amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c.28), Schedule 6, paragraph 3, and other amendments have been made to section 128 which are not relevant to this Order.